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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1844-05-08

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1844-05-08 page 1

WEEKLY Of H D urn VOLUME XXXIV. I-UHLISIIKI) EVEKV WEDNBSDAV' MOUN1NO, BY SCOTT & TEESDALE. Ollic. cornel of High and Town llreell, BuIUm' Building TERMS. Two Dollars MR inmia, which mint invsrubljr be naiil in iilviuin, don of puitege or of pel unlaga lo A cntf or Collector.. The Journal is alio publi.herf ilnily nunnK llio mm ol ho l.Kiilaluro, and Innce a wtjns iho remainder of lliu year or j.' and lhrt liniol a week, jronrly, for S- The Bargain & Sale Slander Exposed ! SPEECH OP HON. JOHN WHITE. Tlio following i prt of a Spooch delivered liy lion. John White, of Kentucky, in Congress, last week. Although he did not adduce nil tho evidence that has been elicited, going to allow the utter baselessness of the charges preferred against Mr. Clay, we believe he did not design going further into the subject at that time ; but was disposod to lot the question rost upon what he had already adduced i satisfied that it could not fail to force con viulion upon every candid mind.. He was about to expose and show up, in proper colors, the white-ilavc falsehood, whon his hour expired, and he was compelled to closo. Lot tho tostunony adduced from tho political enemies or Mr. Clay, bo placed ill tho hands of evory man, and those who liavo rakud up this thread-bare falsehood, will be covered with shame ami confusion ! Mr. White took the floor, and asked llio indulgence of the committee if he should vary in this ;.,. ,, l,.t i,.. I Imrptnlhro been his uniform practice upon this floor, in not confining himself strictly to the merits 01 uie 0111 iniucr rcU-rring, as an apology inerciur, w debate upon sovorai previous bills, on which political speeches had boun made by gentlcmon upon the other side of tlio House, and he having once or twico obtained the lloor in order to reply to them, but having as often yielded it and deferred his priv-;i..n f r,r,lv tVnm limp to time, lie now felt (he aid) obliged lo ougago in this debato as a matter of ull-delcnce. ilo was not ono 01 uioau nnu utilised that it was no part uf tho business of a public man, of a statesman, of a member of Congress, to look into tlio public character of groat statesmen, lie behoved there was no higher duly of a member or Congress than at the proper timo lo examine the public charactor and conduct of men who were looking to the highest stations in this groat Republic. Furtliorj ho wan not one of those who cither hero or elsewhere, would at any lime assail the private reputation of any public man fur any political purpose, lln rl.oriahnil tlm anniimeiit of the noble Spaniard : "Write the private faults of men in tho sand, their public virtue on brass," On the present occasion it was not Ins purpose to aasan me i dividual in tins nation, or to ssy any Hung personal lo any man on this floor. It was no part ol his na-..... . l .nu i.nmnn hoio in his oersonul rela- lions, or to attack his political opponents but, ll thore ever was a timo when lie was calico on 10 u it, now was that timo. Without any spirit of idle boasting, he told his political opponents that ho considered them as a doomed party. Keeling so, eel- ing that you, sir, (said Mr. V.,addrc g tho Chair- ...... . i... i.. n ,lvnnn!iiiir the principles you advocate are doomed, it is in no vindictive spirit that I innko the remarks I am alioul to address 10 u l !,.. Tl,n arWn. "Ho whom Gud intends to ue- siroy he first makes mad," never was moro lor-cibly illustrated llian by you and your party. I Go back (continued Mr. W.) to tho opening of, this Congress i look upon your journal; scowlml yuu done ! Go Iraco tho desecration of that instrument, which tho Constitution of vonr country requires to be kept sacred ; go there, follow out the destructive spirit of nullification in that act Go and read your vote as you have written it in tho restoration ol that monarchical, odious, contemned, mid four limes condemned Sub-Treasury. Go and road it in your conduct on the repeal, and tlio manner of the repeal, or tint most beneficial act for the distribution of the proceeds uf tho public lands, and then como and read your falo in that mounter you calmly and coolly cull upon as to substitute for that act of VU whoso influences we see in tho confirmed credit, revived trade, and restored prosperity of tho country. Al these sro your winding-sheets. You luvo prepnrcd Ihcin for yourselves : tlio American people are roady, hy an overwhelming voico, lo pronounce your doom. Il was a most unpleasant duly (said Mr. W.) to bo called u;Min to pronounco these remarks. Never, since ho had been on this lloor, had it fallen to his lot to have engaged in political argument nnd collision with any of his colleagues. But he now asked the attention of his colleague, (Mr. Boyd,) ho asked ilia ntinntion of the chairman of the committee, (.Mr. Hopkins,) and of bis colleague, (Mr. Coles,) whilst he felt called on most reluctantly to road a document to which each of their names was appended. I find (said Mr. W.) in a letter written by my col-lengue, (Mr. Tliomasson,) addressed to tho chairman (Mr. Hopkins,) his colleague, (Mr. Coles,) and my -,.ll..n.r,,,. ( Mr. ll.ivJ.I various chnrL'os of a iravo anil serious charactor. mudo agninst a fellow-citizen of niy own Slate by a Kcntuckian ; charges, which, if true, not only disqualified him for llio highest ollico within the gift of this people, but would consign him to infamy, and his posterity ; charges which, if true, should consign him to olio of the vilcsl prisons old as he was to be doomed to tho hardest labor consistent with the physical energies of man. He wished the calm attention of these gentlemen and Iho committee lo these charges. A letter had been writlon by hiscolleagiio, addressed to the chairman or this committee, published in the Richmond Enquirer, in his own State. Ho would not now coiuiiiout with severity on the subject of that letter. It had been written when it was known that tho distinguished man to whom il alluded was on tho borders of the adjoining State, and was to pass into tho "Old l)o-tniuiou" within a few days; Hint, on Thursday next, an important election was pending in thai "Old l)o-luinion;" lint all theso charges would reach not only tho poopio of lilO Htate, but the people of this whole Union; and just at a timo when it would naturally be supposed that all rancor and acerbity of party fceliiiir should be laid aside, and that all llio hospi talities snd cordialities of tho "Old Dominion,' his nativo State, would bo extended to him without re- gard to party just at that particular moment this firebrand had been thrown in there, and this old, and, as he supposed, doomed and exploded chnrge, had been rcueatcd. and repented with a degree of malig nity, of tact, of ellbrt, to beguile and deccivo and delraud public opinion ; wneinor it liaa ocon so in. tended or not ho did not sav. Mr. W. would undcrtsko to establish, what was difficult to do in courts of justice, not only that every allegation and insinustinn of emit, connected with this eharire of barunin and salo, was utterly unfnun ded and false, but he would provo a negative he would prove the innocenco of that man who had been assailed with tins odious chargo for the Inst fourteen or sixteen years, from one end ol' this Union lo the other ; and he would provo it, not simply from his own declaration and the declaration ol those con neclcd with him in this transaction, but out of the mouths of hisonemies ho would rofulo and confront this basest libel and slander that hnd over been laid on auv distinguished man. Honskcdhiacolloagiir attention to ono sinulo paragraph in this letter. Mr. W. know very well that in his reply, and the reply of the gnntlomen who wore connucteu wiiu mm. wnue tlmv introduced all the charges agninst this distin guished individual, thuy said they were not bound to commit thomsolvoa as to tlioir belief, bin that they would submit tho farts, nnd lenvo the world lo judge of the innocenco of tins dislinguishcd nun. Ills collcngue went further. Here il was : Dunns die Mrrredmir monlh it wai cmiriileuny swrlrn 'STATE JOURNAL COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1844. NUMBER 39. to correct it Tut ho believed the facts there stated were true. Mr. White mid his colleague had made the charge. Now he (Mr. W.) had never made a charge, hero or clsowhcre, when he had not the testimony to refer to for iti substantiation. Mr. Boyd asked his colleague to stale whether the facts given him (Mr. li.) in relation lo this letter were ur were not true. Mr. White said he Imd never heard of the letter until he Bd w the letter of his cnllcague. He had never seen it in his life. And he had only to say in relation to it, that if there were any such letter, and his colleague would address a line to Mr. Clay, he would throw off all Iho shackles and disclose to him all the correspondence. Some further conversation took place between Messrs. White nnd Boyd, in which tho I niter gentleman said (as far as was understood) that the purport uf tho letter was something like this: that '"our friends hero are induced to go for Mr. A damn, be-having that our future prospects would ho belter served thereby." Mr. B. did not know that it stated that in case Mr. Adams was elected President Mr. Clny would be Secretary; but something like what he had stated was the purport of the letter. Mr. White resumed. He had only lo say to his colleague that this was too grove a charge to be mi do on such vague and uncertain grounds. Until that letter was produced, there was not in his judgment any evidence before the country that that let-ter had boon written; and ho now challenged his colleague, and ho would bo responsible for it, that if Mr. Clny was called on ho would Inko off every shackle from the correspondence. Ami unlcas his collcngue produced the letter, he said his allegation stood condemned before tho Amcricun people and tho civilized world. It devolved upon him to make it true. lie now called tho attention of his colleaguo to tho witnesses with reference to this charge of bargain and sale; and, first, to their old organ of scan dal and defamation in Richmond the man who hnd first started this charge. It would be recollected by the committee and by tho American people that this charge had been made by a member of Congress on this floor. It would also be recollected that tho moment that chargo had been announced, Mr. Clay, who was at that time Speaker of this House, conscious of his own innocence, an honest man as tie came from the hands of his (ind, threw into the teeth of his enornies a denial of the charge, nnd challenged, before the Congress of the United Slates, a full investigation of the mutter. That a committee wns appointed, wilh Mr. Barbour, a distinguished Virgini-un, at its head ; that this charge had been referred to that committee; tint tho individual who had first made the charge had been brought before the committee, and the record showed that not a word of evidence was produced, and thnt tho committee reported tho innocence of Mr. Clny. Now, Mr. W. would send to tho Clerk the rcmnrks of tho old and distinguished editor of that parly tnuchingtheso proceedings of tho Congress of tho United States: From the Kiditmiwl Enquirer of Kliniary I". lH?o. " A ! Oiuuriienittcxlions upon winch w piil!nli iliii itny iiirh rniiou ileb.itei, wo do not hesil.itolu my (tun Mr. Clny liai met tlic fliarno iu a man milit lo mwl il. Hit Icnilc! piuiiiiutuilc mi' I tijN'mli fiiiiirc urn ihc tun:! indipntioiii'tf Ins tinmcL'iirc. Tlii, rumtminl Willi avowal from nliiioM all tuirtiTs of lln HtrtiM , ami I lie uniform mlitrimiitm in tlie lnl k'llrrs I'riiin iltiil rily, rxti vnc no Oou!l ol iIir remit of llio iiivi;l,.lioii, nor ilnr Mr. Kmrwr shrink, I ml wc luipcrt Itc Kill ruk lu t,'M-;iie ity a ort of HjK'rial ilojlint,' nui-li m Mr. Mi Diiflif Iioh ilirown into 1m onuMwInirtnl. Hit il an il may, lln'iinioirv lim Imhii hikI il oiiulil lo tic prosccoli'd wilh vonr y llic wliolt! inn tier kIiuiiU l-c proU'd lo llie Imiiom j no loop holo ought to Ihj left to lnm a imle ilonlil on, for in limes llkl) lIlUMC till' ICUrll' Will CXIIlTt tlll'lf Rflf C It'll WliVl-ll llt Oil- ly lotw rhiistc, ttul I'rcn from all nutpiriun. Mr. ('lnuitiniith cent of this charge. Wo ure fully iri'jnirMl to trv llio coin-in like acquit li;in of this iiiipuioliou ol bartering hi vutu tor an ollicc." Mr. Ritchie, (eonfinucd Mr. W.) wilh all thcio facts belbro him, snys that Mr. Clny is innocent of this charge. Now, if this old retailer of slnnder was satisfied, from a full view of tho facts of the case, that Mr. Clay was innocent uf the charge, how condemned must he stand before tho civilized world repenting this charge ! Mr. W. would now call to tho stand llon.Tliomas II. Benton, hi a letter written Dec. 7, lt&7. Mr. Benton said: " VAim(.Tos,.crcmlrcr7, IW7, " Hin : Yoiirh'tlrr of ihu I'.Hli ultimo, rovi-rim;tlP I, xiiit'-ion Virginia Inlrlltfi'iirerol' iliiilonlf, h.n Iwetnltily tor visvA, nnd in hihwit lo Hie iii(iiirie yon pnl In nir, I hnvn lo lnlc lliiit lhonrlirli to wldrh you invite mv nilfiilion ixsulrilaniial lv, not virli'illy roiifi'i, so fur us it rr-K:m nir as inviiijr iltnl I wm inlnrtnfil lv .Mr. t'lnj in the Inn' pan of Ittrvnilicr, UIJl. Ih, it In: iiic;ik-d lo vole i r Mr. Atlnni. Tlii'rc is no mm,ike in Ihu tlM. hi a vi-it nliirli I made to your part if Virginia nltiuil thai linm timdlc mv lo lit it with rrrlninlv. I li-li Watlmiglnn, on th.il viH, nmml ihu l.'ith uf IVrftnl-rr, and hiiil rrt-L-ivod ihu in lor in niton of Mr. Clny IhiIikc I nt nil, ami loM il. win lv iilucnl, in the family nl my fnilicr-in law, ('oloi''l MrDowcll, ol wmr rminiy. I!nl ihc infrri'ino no noirli iimn-il upon, tlt.it 1 niuol lirU'o tohl llio jniiH" thine to Mr. Katoit ami oiIhts of hi wlilirni Irn-ixU, 11 Hlmllv crro- iicoih i lor, h.ivinir, no niithontv Irom .ilr. i iuy to promulg:tlo intent ion. I only Kko of thoin in lln' hoioin ol u imvalo lain ly at two lutmlri'il milt's ilitinorc from Wiisli nglon. .Sum thai MTtol, unit i'Mrinllv iliinn tin prrsrnt hiiiiiiht, I litvo on uivi'rnl orritsiom, mid Moim liiiii'i in lite prrncnrc of olil-if aI o)onriiM, wlii'ii thu ronfnu of convrnnvioo h'd mo lo il, nrnilmiit'il wnni l kliuw 01 dir. iuy s uany iincnimii in voio lor Mr Adams t and in lint way I r.imi lo'ttiH-ak of il nsaiit. Mime iwo or lhrw wii kt inre, in llic home of m v fHilirr-in law, whcrit I had fir.l jtoke u il ne?r ihrev vi-ar wid wlii'tirn, Willi Miinenhlilions and variations, Without Uk priv ily of anv mil prcsi-nl nl the rou vernation, it hn rrpid mlo iho pacr wtiich vmi havo ti'til mc. No mice. or aki-dmy lenvo lo tilhh w'hui 1 iaid i if any one had, llm nnthott of ihc pnlihrnlion in ihe Leiiiilon p.itcr nnt;hl hnvctn-eit inured an ollicc which mtitt In vo l en inetprcMilil v pninfiil lo llit'ir lm orallc fit'lini;, I itimild noi have rfocd 10 llic adnitiiinlra lion miy testimony iti my fuviH lo pi p. iHtwithl.m'lni the chtrac'trr of iho war which tho grcal hotly of their force ure carrying on aganiM nf. lotin, rrrMCHiiii, "THOMAS II. HKNTOW." This letter (said Mr. W.) proved not only that Mr. Clay's bitterest oponents considejed him innocent ot the charge, but it estaulntucu 0 tact connected with tins chnruo whicu was moat imnortnnl lual. before tho Congresi convened, before tho r resnien-ti.il election tunk place in this hmly, Mr. Clay had iliscloscd Ins intentioii to veto tor .Mr. Adams, not inly to Mr. Uenton, but to a number of other imli-,'idiials ; Hint he hid no secrets or disguiso iu all his conversations about it. Mr. W. naw nsltcd the attention of tho committee to tho testimony of nnothf r politiral optmnent tion the chartre of hircain and sale. I lo would read an extmel from a letter of Mr. Knclinmn to tho Lin-canter Journal, dated August ri, IH1-: I railed urtoti Uvn. Jnrksntt on the ocmion which I have mrniioii'-d, focy m hii fii'mt. upon my own individual rc- niMl'inlv, mio nH ni Urn nnuul ot nir. lay or any oinor Tmhi. I Hti tr h-tre bi-rm tht p hltc.tl frttml f Mr, ( Sou, oiiicu Ihi ticcamo can lid.ile for ihr oflice of rrt'tidcitl. ni vimi .cry well know, 1'nul .iw (irn. Jarkson's letter In "lr. Hcverly of the -'jiIi nllmio, and nl tlm nmo time w.i in lornteil ly n letler irom tnc ciuior 01 mc enm-n finim lew ttraph, tli'nl I w.t iho pi'moii In whom he nllmied. the cvmtp-turn tvicr oHrc tntrml my mini thai hi Micved dm to hao In-cn tin H-jenl of Mr Clny and hit fiit-nds, or lhai 1 1 Mended la pmptur trrmt of xnx kind for ihvm, or lint hu could have iiiioiil mu cn pnl ilo of ripnuii an 'opinion that il was rihi to tini sum iiiirineM won uieir own wr inii.-' had ho HMi'iony from Mr. Ca i or hit fnrmlr la pcMc (fm trrmt to li. ntrnl Jieiion im rthttion to their rotei. xit inn 1 r.tr.it, ii,ir. 11 rioioni. TM)N 1 ind I I mi i I would lie as incapiddr of Ix-comiiiK a mfu'iiKef npoiimrlt riiMWcaiioit. as it wnikitowiiticii.Jacti' ton would Ih; 10 receive such a tnctiAj-c." It will he recollected (said Mr. W.) that this was tho witness with whom this foul charge of slander mid defatn ilion had its origin. Cm. Jackson hnd repeated th1 slimier on the tentimnnv of Mr. Itncli- anan, and Irom linn this individual, barter llcverly, had received thecharco, which he had made public, C trter llcverly at that timo had been on enemy of Mr. Clay; Itc had liven long onough to come to his senses. Before his death, nltlmtgh ho had slept over this chargo for years, per Imps in view of the grave, he had been prompted to award justice to an injured ami innocent man; lie nan como nut wan ins un itualilii'd denial and refutation of the ehnrire. And (said Mr. W addressing lliechairman) t predict lint bclore you snd some other gentlemen shall have de but in every paper in this District claiming lo bo uomocratic or olhcial. Mr. Kilchie had repeated this chartro, and tho Presidential oriran here, "the Madisoninn," Ind copied it without any comment, ssve at tho closo tho words "True, oh King!" taking from Holy Writ this expression to pervort it to the sanctioning of this most infamous nnd unfounded libel. Now, what had this man, the present Kxecn tive, umlor whose eye and under whoso hand this chargo was now being repented, said, in other days, wnen nc nan some IttUo regard to truth and justice' Mr. W. read from a letter of Mr. Tyler of the I4th t.',.l i.yy r.ii ..... vuninijr, lo, QB IUUM1VK "In ailvrrltiiir to that Idler. I shtitl cmtlonl myself with stat ue; it siil'Maiicc, hut il Mr. Clay iliull KcecmiM) togratiry.ih" lcii!cioi new 1 in j nir editors, hi' is at homy to pnni.ati 11. iliall have, nocniuc. to conuilaiii ofil. It is. then, ocrfeetlv iruo that I wrote to Mr, Clny in ihe spring of VWi. Il isnlw true, tlmt 1 approved of his conrc crnwiii out of llio I're denlial election, and conrurn il with him nmtt emphnlirally in tlm r.sult of hi vole. It is equally so, thiit i eleemud Mr. lams n deeiiledly hetter (ii.dilicd for lln- rresidem-y llr.in :n. Jack ion. ami tlmt 1 would have voted for him alter Mr. rawford's rhaure of success was over. To Ihis eflecl. I wrote lo Mr. Clay 111 terms of perfect fraukueii. - tt is it 1 wen use I no not lieiieve llenry Aay, aionjf ih Iho Wcilern deleirniinn who mled wilh him, to have hrtn bought and notd, for which, if jruihy, he nnd ihcy deserved to k KiTiocuMi, innt 1 nm ttirrc ore noiinii losunpori 1111 aoiiiiii ration which may ii)jiose all my convniioiia of propur poli cy r Now, ho asked his collenirtic, as a candid and fair man, whilst he was permitting garbled statements of the testimony taken in the Kentucky Legislature in the investigation of this foul charge of bargain and nnle, why it was that he had suppressed tho testimo ny ol Joplunh Dudley, ono ot his own political friends? And why he had suppressed various depo sitions that, hnd been elicited in vindication of the haracler of this mm? Hero was testimony, and istimnny ot his colleague s own particular mends, Inch it would make him blush to read, and then to rend his own remarks on the subject. Now Mr. W. ltfd dono with the testimony of Mr. Clay's political enemies, and he thought that any set of men, that any tribunal, would bo compelled, from this evidence, to pronounce him innocent of this foul charge. Ho would now road tho testimony of some distin guished gentlemen, whoalono could speak, because they had been pirt nnd parcel one or two of them of the transaction itself; and ho would submit their tt5timnny, making all duo allowance for men speak- ng 01 atinirs in which they tiomoelves hnd been par ticipators. Ilo would first rend a short extract from distinguished foreigner, whose testirnonv could not be questioned by any man on this llour who hnd un interest under heaven, either in vindicating or iucon-demuin"- this mnii. He would read from tho statement of Cencrul Lafnyellc: "My rememlirnnce concurs wilh vonr own on this itoint: that in ihu Uder end of December, cither In fore or after my sit to Annapolis, you hemp mil of Ihc I' rem dentin I ciiihIuU-ire, nnd all it li-ivuirxiirir'ed mv aSove mentioned motives lorlH'araucu, I. hv wav of ronli.leiilinl execution nllowed yself lo pill a simple, iiii'ii;ilified ii'ieslion ripct-liii; yoof k'ctiiiiiienii (jue uiid your intended vote, Vonr 1111-wcr ns, that in your ninuion the urinal tlate of health of Mr. rmrford h,id iimilnl the rontcst to a choice httirrvn Mi, ilums mill I tm. J triton; that rhnnt fouwud oil mifil inj hievanenl did not meet hour preference, A Mi THAT tuV All I'UNCI.UIIKU TO VOTK Hill Mu, AlMMS." He must now call the testimony of the distinguish ed gentleman from MapAnHnineitJ, (Mr. Adnuis,)ho hnd been ft part and pircel in Iho transaction, and to whose testimony the pre- nit generation nnd posterity would give tint weight it was entitled to. He on Id lint read Irom lux letter to tlio INow Jersey committee niter he had retired from tho Presidential hair: Wt'Oti him (Mr. f'lnvt the fouled slanders htivn teen Imntreil. I.oii? known nnd aniirecjiiled, n sucreivelv 11 memtiei nf Imi h Mouses of your .National l.ci;il iliire, a the iinrivnlled Speaker, ami at ihu same lime tiiol ellicieni leader ol ileimien 111 one 1 1 lliem; n. an a:le nii'l sticcehil ueolia- 1 lor for viMir interest in war nnd in iienee. uilh liifeifii 'nw. ; ers.ntel at n powerful cnndidale (or llie Ittlvet of your trusts the K 'p4riment of ISlale tHtlf was a ni.ilion wh:ch, ly it , rcniowm, rouhl collier nrilh.T irunt nor Inmnr iiou him, out ipnn ulnen lie h.n Imi nufiel iitj honor Iy the iiinuiier 111 , ihrrh h di'.cli.iri'ed iu duties. I'reju lice nud panioti li-ive tiarj;i'd him wnli o'ltninin j lint oHiro liy harinu nud cor- I motion. Ih-tore mm. t?llvn ii'itcti. tn the vretrnee nf nttr conninj omf of Ihiirtn. 1 ritiiNnti.HcK hut ( iiAlu.Kiu ll.l.r list ntNln.li. 1 1111 tri.nHo ol justice is one Irom mr 1 him. and tueio willi ptenurc llie oiiiHirtunity ollordcd ptc iy your Inter of discharging tho ohhation." This ilistinguished patriot and statesnun, (contin ued Mr. W.) on a more recent occasion, n-it having sought tho opportunity himself, hut having been called on during his Western tour by a coinmittuc, res ponded in this Inngungc to tins samo charge: I th-iuk viKi, sir, for iho opitoriunily vou have given mo ol IvrtikiiiL'oI lit" vreal statesninil who wa nsocialed with mr hi the Hdiniiiitiratioii of ihc (iencrid (ovcninienl, nt mv nar.icjUolictlalion whn Iwlenis nol to Keniucky nhme, Imi 10 die whole Cniotr, nnd is nol mdv nn lioiior lo ih Htnle nnd hii N nl ton. Imi 10 inniikind. The charzen lo whiili vou re fer I hive, nfler my term of n'ervice h id espired, uii( il WiCi iropef lor me lo hhL, Heme! helorn the w hole country; ami liere reiterate and re-ai'irm V ol tiVniW; nnd M t exiiccl ,hordr to app.-ar In-fnre mv tiod, 10 answer or the conduct if mv whole lite, thond thvie chnrret h ire found their w 11 to throne of t.ternal Jn nitre, I w 11. 1. tf( Til t; rnfcaiilCE or ONStPiiTKSt t., ritoSol 5( K Till I AI.MK." Was that tho Inngungn (asked Mr. V.) of a man declaring falsehood and untruth? Did itappenrthal a declaration of this chime ter, if false, would be undo by a man solemnly nppealing to tint dod in whose presence he was conscious ho was soon to ap tear, cither for opprohition or fur condemnation!' What man is there in this country so brine as now to repeal this foul, this nnliciotii, this branded libel? in private conversions, Umt if Mr. Adams w fCcn.led to the tomb, when the violence ot party feH Clnv wmitil Ikh Mecrelnrv of r'tnle. nltcnif hmi IH inniIioii , .... . '. . which Mr.('UvaHHsnU called llwUeot snfeprvcedenlt," K tM hivo had lltllQ to Claval-Mwiirds calleil llw hiteol "snfe prvcedenlt," injrn mw win wm iu -unwu-.-, mm oitnus ami onihai firounil numerims letter were procured lo I writ- shall hive fnllen Irom your eyes nnd tlm eyes uf olh la 10 our mi'inlrcra ol Confrreis i.lviin)( uiein 10 nisrejiiirii llic reMihiiiom of Ui l.cxislnturv. In ihe ikwelopmenis of lilt? and H1S this mmnr was tmced dirrcllr lo a Idler oriel- lers, written early in January, try Mr. I lay himttlt, lo muiio nf lint friends in Keniucky, nol (icrliapi uuiig tht tvry words, feiiainly convoyinn tht idea." Mr. Itovd (Mr. W. vieldinir for the nnrnose) made an explanation, but owing to hit position much of what ho said was lost to tho i(eortor. lie saia no lind understood tt the (imo that there wasiueh ft letter in existence; that that letter had been placed in the hnn dn of a cominittoo of Mr. Clay's friunds, and miirht bo read by any body who waa curious to seo it, but that his friends had no liberty whatever to publish it. Ha bcliovcd it never had been published. Its contents had been published from memory hy those who had seen it, with the declaration attached that the account ot it was substantially true, if not true in word. Ho presumed that letter was in this city, ( it was a moro presumption, however,) and if the account waa not true, he proposed that his colleague institute an inquiry, find the letter, and havo it rmb lished. From tho history of tho transaction, if his colleague would satisfy him that Uiore waa an alluvion in that letter to Mr. Clay, or to any body else concorned, that was not fully sustained from the facta Uieto stated, ho would be as ready as his colleague crs, and all those prejudices which nro calculated to delndo and bewilder tho humnn mind and lead to fnlso conclusions shall hive been dissipated, that you and others will write, declaring the innocence nf this man. Now hoar what Ihis dying man said. Mr. W. mud from a letter of Cartor Hovcrly to Mr. Clay as follows: "Il will he nndnuhl nmller of soma nsloimhmeiit lo yon in itcciviiik from me die proscul address. I will not preface il with any kind ol upoloni , Incsusc, in dotnp; il, I juniify niy mind in the dmlinrnenl an acl of conscience, ami uduty dul 1 feel die inmost pleasure, m ierforminK "Altltmnjli die lime is- ijuile far pino Mince I became very iimocenlly tnilrmiieul.il in circulating tliroitglnmt the country a very creat attack ou your character and virtue as a penile man, and certainly a wry heavy one as a pnMic man, I leet escei'duij-ly dcmnius lo relieve vou, as far as 1 ran, from tho lander, nnd mv own fcvlmm from the severe ciumiunctiiHt llmt is within me, nn hnviti In-en, iImmicIi nciitier directly nor indirectly, your pcnniuil ncciiscr, vol ihnl 1 wni drawn directly into die representation of ait aunck upon you. "I again say, tlmt I nin most thoronnldy convinced 1I1M Voii were moil unlnilhliilly, and, therefore, unjustly Healed &t I hava never seea any evidence 10 nhslnulinie nt nil the ehnnr. 4 CAltTKH BKVLKI.Yr Now, (Mr. V. continued,) while this old charge of slander had been so fully refuted by the testimony of the very enemies of Mr. Clay, they found it revived and refuted, nut only in tho Richmond papers, ' STRONG KVIDMNCR. Tho Mechanics of the South hive shown Mr. Clat the most inirked and respectable attention, "1 cannot deny tho fact," nays an intelligent southern pponenL "thai he is 1(H) k oil nnon by our artizms as thoir honest friend." And why ? Them mechanics lo not posftcss tho pohiicnl pow(r 111 the Mouth that their brethren have iu iho 1'Veu States; they aro nut nolitir.tans; but Umy are there as well as elsewhere, keen olisorvcrs and right reasonersjnndncling upon evidence placed before thorn contrary to llie wish of tho nirty in power, and in nnpositinn to long cfltab lished prejudice, they have declared Mr. Ci.at to be tho conslnnt nnd tinmnching iricmioi American la ter in all its brunches, Wc may hnd some tangitilr proof in the address of Mr. K nt. imi mo, an honest intirneyrnnn Cabinet maker, to Mr. Cl.iy, weleominu him to Uoiumuia in behall ot tiisurethreu: tinem-nali (inzttte. In vou. sir. wo reensuizo tho constant and un- llincluns friend, not only of the mechanical arts, but it all Iho other great nnd vnried interests 01 our common country, Iu your patriotism wo have entire ennhdonce, and tor your long mid inithtul public ser vices, we owe you a debt of gratitude which wo arc anxious in sumo measure to repay, and shall (jlnry in iho opportunity of further testily ntg our approlntion of votir worth. We promise you our un livtdcd sup port, and challenge tho apprniniion oi our urcinren throughout the Union. As Cabinet Mikm we know you to be a matter trnrkm in: nud in electing you rhirf tow, wo conhdentiy expect lo sea ino oest VttUntt trork. since tho days of Washington; and tho dooiiIq will not bo obliged to pny or bo under the least necessity tnaend to France or 1-lngland, as Mr. Van Huron did, lor furniture to lurmsii tho White House, In conclusion, wo would merely nbjofvo that as it' tie is ono ol tho most e-trntial articles m otir mm nnsa, wo trust that you will use the very host, to sink last and bind forever tngother all tlm great nnd va ried intercuts of our wide spread land, nnd mnkeour country in Tnct u well as 111 name free and indcpeii- ueni. Mr. Ci.at res mi ml i'il in substance as follows; Mr. Hiirnir an; I request Jf,,u " r you mo 1 1 and the Cahiuel Mnkers ot loiuuinia, my resimctful aeknowlflireinenu tor tho si-ntunents, per soil a I to 111 ttul I, with an expresnion of which, as their organ, you havo just honored inc. Your friondlv address is not tho less gratifying, saiuti! it was wholly iimwpecled.nud has taken me entirely by surprinc. You havo pronouncod it in a fearless, and manly tone, worthy of the connection existing bolneon me nnd the mechanical clans to which you belong. Ilesidea enjoying, in common with others, the plensuro ot using the iieaumui am elea of tnte nnd convenience constructed hy theii labor and skill, mv only survivintr full brother was once a Cabinet Maker, and I think I havo remaining in Ashland some articles wtoueht by hi hands, lln I havo always felt in tho success of the Alts and Manufactures ol our own country, a lively interest much burlier, and independent of any which could nrinn out of my personal connections. 1 havo ovor thourrht it nesirnhlo to soe our country enjoying a roal and practical independence of the real ol tho world. As condiiivo to Hint object, 1 havo believed that our nrtiznns ought to bo protected, and still think they should bo protected, against the I rival productions of foreign artixans, by a system of policy moderate, reasonable, certain and stable. And, to the support nf such encouragement uf nir domestic industry, and tho fostering of our own countrymen, rather than the foreigner, the die tit tea of my judgment and tho feelings of my heart, alike unite 111 prompting my exertions, whether in pnvato or put) ho lite. Carry, sir, to your associates, and accept yourself, my fervont wishes for Ihe success, hnppinosi and prosperity of yourself and the mechanics. For the Ohio State. Journal. Tho unfounded chargo of bargain and corruption inthe election of Mr. Adams to the Presidency, it seems is to be revived, and principally relied on by tho Locofuco party, as a means of support in the pending Presidential ennvass. As I was one of thoso who bore a part in that olcction,nnd have hnd a full shire of the censure poured forth on that subject, I take the liberty of presenting the following brief review of the case. J. SLOAN K. Columbus, April SGth, 1611. JArKSON AM) HIS nilKNDS TI1R OfWIlNAl. AND (INLY I'HOI'OSKItri OF A BARGAIN IN RELATION TO T1IK l'RKSIDKNCY! In IH 2.r), tho duty of choosing a President of the United States devolved upon Congress. Jy the votes of the people, under the constitution, the choice wna required to bo mado from three persons; Messrs. Crawford, Adams, nnd Jackson. Disippuintcd in not being chosen, Jnckson raised a clamor, which lias been continued by him and his friends ever since, that Mr. Adams wns chosen hy means of a corrupt bargain between him and Clay. Rut no proof has yet been found to sustain that charge, which in regard to Jnckson tho enso is tt"0 reverse. Thnt Jack-sons friends were ready nnd anxious tn inter into such a bargain, and lhat their desires were directly countenanced by Jackson, is proven bv tho best possible testimony; unless than the declarations of the parties themselves, This evidence is contained in the published addresses of Jnckson and his friend Buchanan in r27. These addresses established tho fact that, in December JH'il, while this matter was pending, Mr. Buchanan having heard a rumor that Jackson had expressed an intention, if elected, to continue Mr, Adams as Secretary of State, was in great fear, that, unless to sumo extent this report should bo contradicted, it would injure Jucltiou's prospect of being chosen, resorted to divers means to draw from tho General such contradiction; and that finally, he waited upon hitn in person, stated his fears, nud made his remiest. Alt this Jnckson re ceived in the most kind manner, and accompanied with tho most earnest protestations, replied that ho had mado no such determination: nor wutild hu, rc- rpicsting Mr, Uuclianan in tho moan time, tn sty so to Mr. Clay and his mends, that it they had not confidence in him to helievo he would cnll to his Cabinet men of the first virtue, talents and intugri-ty, not to veto for htm. As much as to my, "Mr. (lay, I havo commissioned my very trusty friend Mr. Buchanan, to say to yen, that I am uncommitted ou the subject of Secretary of Slnte, You will understand mo when I say, that if elected I will call to my aid the most conspicuous Stntcsmeu of the country, who those men aro need not inform you." This message Mr. Buchanan says, ho delivered as requeued.Now let us ask if in this there is not proof positive of nn attempt to bargain for the Presidency? Tho fict will admit nf no doubt. Mr. Buchanan was the publicly known, persevering party and personal friend of JncIiHon, Jle wan moved to make thesu exertions nt a crisis in the all lira of his chief, not hy any sutireation made to him bv Mr. Clny or his friends, hut on nccount of the rti.nor in regard It Secretary of State, nn-i a desire to bo authorized to atisuro Air. Clny and hi friends that the rumor was mounded. And why tins intorne anxiety 011 thu part of Mr. Hm-hanm? lie tntcs distinctly, tint ho a moved by the hope that Mr. tiny it friends in tho xpectntion of his receiving tho appointment, tniyht he induced lo vote fur Jackson, and that he thus stat- 1 his expectations, to the Gcnernl. Wns thore not in tins a direct proposition for n bargain, else why (his grntuilniis uirnsige to Mr. Clny nnd his fricni's, from Jnckson. The character it tins uie.ssige is lully etitiislio I hy 1:1 iiemg di eted exclusively to the mend of Mr. Uny. II it hid been intended as a genonl denunciation of all it tempts nt negotiation, why was it not directed to ie Inonds ol Lrawlnrd nnfl Ad ami, as well a thoso f Clay? The answer is uany, tho friends of Craw ford were at that time inexorable, and those of Admin, it was believed, were sulliciently captivated by the one that their cmlnhto would he continued 111 tho itieo of Secretary of State, from which delusion, tho General Uu no desire to relievo them. Tho entiio of the fieneral was, in regard to nil, I win, you lose. Neither Adams, nor Clny, had directly or indirect ly nppronched Jacksoti 011 the subject, thny wero content to let tho on tier be decided u;ni the person al responsibility of the in lividu.il mouthers. Hut nut so with General Jnckson nnd his friends. They wero in thcnlert in scirch of aid: their intrigue, however recoiled on its concoctors. Tho device which had never filled in tho management of a horse race, wns ton shallow as an engine of Stale, Clny and his friends regarded tliM corrupt overture, as nn insult, and repelled it. This l;ud tho foundation for iho resort, which was altcrwarus had In the charge ot bargain ngninst Adams and Clay. It wns to avoid the consequences of this corrupt overture, that Jackson, like I'otopher's wife, adopted tho criminal sun- ertuge, and employed tor his tool, the miserably uc- ittei) Uronier. ilus irresponsible ninn ol si raw Ind already served a similar purpose, but with lea success, in a case involving a question of veracity between Sent tor Lowrie, President Monroe, and Gen. Jackson. The charge of bargain, then resolves itself into lids; Jackson through his friend tuchinan,did inthe most direct manner, npproich the friends ot Ldny Mlh a proposition evidently intended lo influence heir vote. 1 lie proposition wns trented as it de served to be, and then, tho authors of this vilo intrigue, in h'poa to cover themselves from tho ctmso- piences ol their 111 fa niy, resorted to thu miserable alAehood that the proposition wns undo to them hy Clay and his friends, and not from Jncknn through Iluchnnan, ai his authorized ngeut. This lalsit statement of tho matter is based on tho dinrc- Hitnhlo pretence of Jnckson, that ho coiipidered ltit :hamn as the friend of Clny, and iho bearer of a tieisnge from Clay or some of hiscond Icntial friends. These pretences aro nil upset, utterly overthrown, ry the statements in iluchmiu s address to me puu- lie. I lo states that h", "c.illnl on Jacksnn ulcly as 11s fiicnd, upon his individual responsibility, an ! not if tho agent of Mr. Clny or an? oilier person. Tint ho never had been tho friend of Mr. Clay sinco ho hoc ante a candtdnto for the Presidency." 1)1 the jo facts, Jackson wns well npunsed at the time, yot even titer the publication nl them by his mend nucha- nan, ho and his fr.endi persevere in proclaiming tho contrary to Ihc public: such a courso can be justified by no principle id honor or truth. But tho stereotyped reply to all want of testimony n their part is, that Adams appointed Clay to otlice. This was nnnfter thought; no mention of any repug nance to t'ie ai "liniment of Clay by Jackson ,wns made while thuro was a pmnrnhty that the former might ho induced tn vote for tho hitter. Had audi an objection been entertained when Jackson was ex pressing in audi pompom strains to lluchanan, his .Treat reservo and independence, ho would havo so tntod. Tho principle which he then laid down as that which would govern him, was general; it was, Mist if elected, he would cnll to his cabinet "men ot virtue, talents nud integrity." ilo mndo no exceptions, provided thesa qualities weto found to exist. And hern let us suggest an itiuuirv. Would Jack ion hivo regarded a vote given for him under the cir- uuiHlancc, as a dtiiinhlicntiuiionthepurtoi tdnyr To this every body will nimvur no, lie would havo regarded it as worthy of all praise. Why then stnll its having been given for another, bo pronounced conclusive ovidence of a corrupt bnrgniu? It wns a dosporntn auhterfnge nf a dcrorato man, and his reckless accomplices, I hey tried to drive a hnrgnin with Clny nnd his friend. Their proportion was disregarded, and to cover their disirrnce, they ru- solved to destroy thoso they failed to seduce. MARIETTA, OHIO. Tho following remarks of Mr. VVoodbridge, of Michigan, in presenting to the Sonnto on Tuesday a rernonstrnnce against tho annexation nf Texas lo the United States from citizem of Marietta, Ohio, alfords an interesting historical sketch of the settlement of that thriving little town, as wull as a view of the character of its early inhabitants : ! Mr, Woodbridgo rose and asked leave lo present to the Senile a memorial and re on nut ranee uf certain citizens of Marietta, in the Slato of Ohio, relative to the rumored project of incorporating Texas in this Union. On a subject of iogrcit magnitude, (said Mr. W.) it will be time for me to express my individual opinions, when it shall be properly before us. I will only remark now, that it is ono more I think than any other on which it is to bo desired tint tho whole country should make known its sentiments.I take occasion furthermore to say, that it was from no disrespect to the honorublo Senators from that Stato that this paper was forwarded to me, nnd not to them. Marietta was the home of my childhood; it was my residence also iu middle life. It is the burying place of my father, and the habitations nf noma of my ncircsl friends are there. The inhabitants of Marietta are entitled to my zealous services iu whatsoever circumstances in life I may be placed, and I feel favored an I honored, too, that I am permitted to serve as a medium of their communication now with you, Th re nro circumstances which, in my opinion, should give great and increased weight to any such opinions as they may express on such a nibject. It w is on the 7th of April, 1768, that this settlement was first commenced : it wns then that tho tirst stone, tho corner-stono of tho gigantic power of this grc.it Slate, was hrst laid, and it was lain by tlieo men, or hy their immediate ancestors. The colony then comistcd almost entirely of a remutnt, and a most revered remnant of your armies of the Revolution of officers and soldiers, who at the close of that seven years' term of privation, of suffering, of battles, found thonnelvcs let louso upon tho world, with their privato fortunes in general ruined, outranged almoJt from their own o.arly homes, and with occupations gone. If they were of any of the learned professions, and there wero ninny such their profession wero forgotten; and if their pursuits had been agricultural, commercial or mechanical, why they had lojt those business habits so difficult to acquire, but which aro yet so indispensable to sitcce, and such 01 tncir p iy too, as uiey may have been enabled to preserve, being old continen tal certificatej, Ind become almost worthless in their muds for all available purposes. In circumstances if such l'Iod.o. the thought occurred uf establishing themselves once more in a body in the untrodden west During many yoars they had camppd together and oaten to?cther. they had foiK'ht and ble I to gather, there was something soothing iu the plan of continuing still closer their social and friendly relations. They hid warrants which entitled them t: niihlic land imnv of them hid continental eertili cites and other evidences of claim, which would go fir lo enable them to mike the.r purcli wes. An as sociation was formed ; negotiation with the old Con tinenttl Congress and with tlio Uard ot War were cmntiipticod. and dnnni? the years 0 a pur :hno was chVcled; nud on tho an or April, as 1 nvo siid, I7drt, the first nnd principal detachment if that inlerertting corpi of emigrants landed at the Ninlluenco of the Muskingum with tho Ohio river. was directly athwart the old Indian war pith fur it was down tho Muskingum and its tributary branches that llio Wyandott, the Shawnee, the Otlawus, anJ nil tho Indian ot tho North ami ortiiwost weroae c 11 Homed M march, when from time to time, for nl ; most half a century before, they made thoso dreadful incursions into Western Virginia nnd Western Pennsylvania, which spread desolation and ruin and despair through all those regions. Being arrived there, they in irked out their embryo city, and in honor ol the friend ot their country, tho (luvcn f Franco, called it Marietta. They surrounded it with pillisadcs, nnd chevoaux-de-frire, and abittis. rh ;y erected biocK-hoiiacs nno bastion, wn an iMiiincnce a littlo above, nnd neur tlio Mudtiiigiiin, they constructed a more regular and scientific forti- hcation. Tlio did the ciLtomcni 01 mar great Stato commence; and such aro tho men, or the im mediate deiccmhnt of thojo men, who now, in a matter of deep and national interest, present their icntinients to yo'i. They nre cu'.Kled to be heard thiiir ro monstrance i short nnd respectful in its terms its tone is precisely such as i most becoming for such men and tho deMceiniants 01 suen men 10 assume; it is bold and linn! I move, sir, that tho doc-ument bo read, and then referred lo conirnil'ec ou Foreign Relation. In addition to the inf innation contained in the foregoing remarks of Mr. Woodbridgo, that gentleman Ins kindly furnished us with thu subjoined addition al particulars relative to this extraordinary to'.dur colony. Anions theso colonists wero very many of the most diiinguihcd olliccrs of the Revolution, and of all grades, lien. Kitius I'ninain nn-i wen. jkmiji-min Topper of tho Mawnchmetts lines wero thero. Gun. rnrsous uf tho Connecticut line, and lien, var-mini of Rhode Island lino wore there. Old Co'n-iiiodoro Whipple of Rhode Island, for whom the honor is claimed of firing the first hostile gun from on board a 'Congress' vessel of war, and who during tho whole war wns another "Paul Jones," and as active and daring found his grave thero as did the brother of Natli inicl (ireon. Tlm sons o the "wolf Cite her" and iho descendants of Mannsseh Culler aro there. Col. dishing nnd Col. Sprout, Col, Oliver, Col. Sargent, nnd mutlilu lea uf others, dis tingutshed alike for their bravery, for their patriot ism, and tor their skill in war were there. Some few thero are, smto very few, still alive, and whose mines I ree.ognMe. won constituted a part ol tins wonderful band of voter in soldier. The rest, one after another, havo dropped otT. Many uf tho things 1 have adverted to, I personally saw. It was perhaps the season before Wnj lie's victory on the Mi- ttui ol tho Ijakes tint 1 was hrst taken thero. 1 wns child then, but I well recollect tho regular morning reveille and the evening tattoo that helped to give character to the establishment, r.von on tho S.ibbnth tho male population wero always under arms, and, with their former army chaplain, (who was willing to share tho lot of his comrades,) were accustomed to march in bnttlo array tn their block house church. And I take this occasion to remark, that it was not until the memorahlu victory ol den. Wayne that the wars of tho revolution really ended. ! (ion. Harrison was right when ho made thnt assertion. And it is a matter, a grave and serious consid eration whether it consists with the honor nnd the true policy of this nation, that tho surviving olllcers ami soldiers who wero in the cnmpaigns ol lien. Ilarnnr, wen. SI. Clair and den. Wayne, and the widows nf such nnd their children, should bo so lit tle cared for by this Government. SINGULAR 1NSTANCK OK CANING SA-OACITY.1 witnessed recently a curious instance of wolfish generalship Un interested mo much, and which, in my humble opinion, goes fur to provo that animals are endowed, to a certain extent wi h reasoning 'n. cult ie. and havo means of coinmunicnting their ideas lo each other. I was, as usual, scanning the horizon with niy leloscopo atdty broik, to see if any game Wiis in sight. 1 had discovered a small herd of nutelnpe feeding on a hold from whenco the crop had been lately rumovod, and was about ttako tho glass from my eyo for the purpose uf reconnoitcring Iho ground when, in a rot not 0 corn jr of the held, concealed Irom tho antelope by a few intervening bushes, I faintly Wooi As yot (ho market cannot he snid lo have opened for the clip of M I but the opinion prevails that if our Whig Iriciids in Congress, can prevent tho majority from disturbing the protection a Hurtled by tho excellent Tariff uf W our farmers ill pet 1 as high for his wool as he did Inst year, and possibly, on some grades a little higher. The following tvo cut from tlio Commercial Review of tho Cincinnati tin iet le of the IHth inst. Wheeling Timn, Winn.-Tho operations continue at iit4 a Jr. per lb. fur pulled Wool nnd nt these rates between II and -I thousand pounds have changed hands during tho week. As shearing timo and the active Wool season is near at hand, it may not bo amiss to pub lish tho following word of caution, addressed by a very heavy Wool dealer in Philadelphia toa largely operating house in this cilv: 'Our Wool market has again become languid. Wool has been driven up too high and manufacturers are strongly resisting tho prices. Goods aro falling here and wo would advise for tho present to huld up from buying alto gether.' "Thk (Ir.im.KUAf ran Ohio." Within a few days pnst, nn soma discussion in Congress bout tho Rhone Island memorial, Mr. Weller and Mr. Schenck both sprang to the floor at nnco. Tito Speaker called nut tho gentleman from Ohio. Which of them, Mr. Spenkor? said Mr. HchencK To which it wns remarked by a lady present that "Bob Schenck is getting dull; for the Spoaker could nol mean to cnll Weller the gn.rman front Ohio." liscemed in the gray twilight, n p ick of six wolves, seated on their hind quarters liko dogs, and apparently in deep consultation. It appeared evident that, like myself, they wanted venison, and had some design Umjd tho antelope; and, being curious to wit ness the mudo ut proceeding adopt:d by those lour-legged poachers, I determined lo walch their motions. I accordingly dismounted, leaving my horse iuch irgo of tho sewar; and creeping as near tho scene of no tion ns I could without being discovered, concealed myself behind a bush. Having apparently decided on their plan of attack, I tho wolves separated; ono remaining stationary, and Uie other five creeping cautiously round the edge of the field, like setters drawing on a very shy covey of birds. In this manner they surrounded llie unsus pecting herd, one wolflying down at each comer of the Hold, and tho fifth creeping silently towards tho centre of it, where he concealed himself in a deep furrow. The sixth wolf, which had not yet moved, now started from his hiding-place, and made a dash at the antelope. Tho graceful creatures, confidant in matchless speed, tossed their heads, as if in dis dain, and started nlT in a succession of flying bounds that soon left their pursuer far behind, lint no sooner did they approach the edge of the field than one of tho crouching wolves started up, turned them, and chased them in contrary direction, while Ins panting accomplice lay down in his place to recover wind for a fresh burst. Agnin tho bounding herd dashed across the plain, hoping to escape on Uie opposite side; but hero they were once more headed by ono of the crafty savages, who, in his turn, took up the chose, and coursed thr m till relieved by a fresh hind from an opposite quur tn. In this manner, the persecuted animals weie driven fro n side to side, and from corner to corner, a fresh assailant heading ticm at every turn, till they appeared perfectly sttipified with fear, and crowding together like frightened sheep, began to wheel roiinl in diminishing circles. Alt this timo the wolf, wludihiv concealed in the furrow, near the ccn reel the field, had never moved, although the an'elopc had pas ind and re-passed within a tew (cct ot hi to, and Ind, perhaps, even jumped over him; his time for action hud not yet arrived. It now becniue evident tint the unfortunate antelope must soon bo tired out, when it appeared probable that tho surrounding wolves wuuld have made a combined ultack and driven ihe terrified herd toward the centre of the field, where the wolf who had hitherto been Iving tn re serve, would have sprung up in the midst of them, and secured at least one victim. I, however, did not allow m ilters to proceed so fir I was satisfied with what I had seen, and resolved to turn the tables on my friends tho wolves, by making a slight change in tho last act of tho tragedy, which was now fast ap proaching. Accordingly, just as the antelope appeared to be driven to a stand still, I put a stop to further proceedings on tho part of their ravenous ns- siilants, by sending a rifle bullet through the body of iho nearest sKumcr, who incontinently gnvo up tno ghost; and his sagacious companions seeing thnt their game was up, now tint "the man wilh the gun" had taken a hand, made precipitato retreat, leaving ine undisputed master of the field, I might ensily havo brought down an antelope with my second bar rel for the poor things appeared stupihcd with Tear but after having so far espoused their cuuso, I felt it would bo treachery on my part to avail myself of this advantage, and accordingly allowed them to de part in pence. And now, let me nsk the philosophic reader, was it mero instinct, or was it a certain power of combining ideas, and drawing inferences, that enabled a pack of wolves to pin n the combined nndwell-arranged attack I have attempted to describe? We know that tho natural instinct of tho wolf prompts theso animals to assemble in packs, and hunt down their proy, cither by scent or hy speed of l'u:)t, and, as long as this succeeds, no other expedient is icsorled to. I have no doubt that, in the first in stance, the very wolves I saw this morning, had attempted to hunt down antelopes in tho usual manner. Bntiled, however, in tho chaso, instinct wus at Mult, and tho wolf, if left solely toils blind guidance, muut, in tho absence of other game, have perished. But hunger, that proverbial sharpener uf the burn in wits, appears also to call forth certain dormant reasoning faculties in tho animal, which, under ordinary circumstances, might never have been developed. Tho wolf, finding that instinct has deceived him, refuses to bo longer guided by a blind impulse, -and begins for the first lime to think. Ho abandons tho 11 1t11r.1l habits uf his race, and iu concert with his fellow wolves, plans and executes an ingenious stratagem, worthy of the reasoning powers of man himself; a complicated inanmuvre, not only arguing considerable sagacity on the part of individuals, but implying that a mutual understanding exists among the performers, which it appears to mo can only bo accounted for on the supposition that nniinals possess some power unknown to us, of communicating their ideas to each oilier. Sec to it yo naturalislj. Indian Diary 0 an QU forest Angrr. DEATH IN Tilli TllKATRK. I have seen nud heard much of an Italian love of music, but nothing illustrating it so forcibly as an incident that occurred last evening at tho opera. In tho midst of one of the scenes, a man in the pit near the orchestra was suddenly seized with convulsions. His limbs stillencd; his eyes became set in Ins head, and stood wide open, staring nt the ceiling liko the eyes of a corpse ; while low and ngomzing groans broke from his struggling bosom. The prima donna came forward nt that moment, but seeing this livid, death-stamped lace bclore her, suddenly stopped, withatrsgic look and starl,lhat for once was perfectly natural. She turned to the bass-singer, and pointed out the frightful spectacle. Ho also started back in hurror, and the prospect was that the opera would terminate on tho spot; but the scene thnt was just opening was the one in which tho prima donna wna to make her great effort, and around which tho whole interest of tho play was gathered, and tho spectators were determined not to bo disappointed becauso ono man wns dying, and so shouted, "go ou! go oul" Clara Nuvellu gave another look towards the groaning man, whoso whole aspect wns enough to freeze tho blood, and then started off in her part. But tho dying man grew worse and woise, and finally sprung bolt upright iu his scat. A person sitting behind him all-absorbed in tho music, immediately placed his hands on his shoulders, pressed him down again, and held hitn firmly in his place. There ho sat, pinioned fast, with his pale, corpse-like face upturned, in the midst of that gay assem blage, and the foam rolling over his lips, .while tho braying of trumpets, and the Voice of tho singer, drowned tho groans that wero rending ins bosom. At length the toim became streaked with blood us it oozed through his teeth, and the convulsive starts grew quicker and fiercer, But tho man behind held him fast, while ho gazed iu perfect rapluro on tho singer, who now, liko tho ascending lark, was try ing her lolltcst strain. As it ended, tho housi rang with applause, and tho man who had held down tho poor dying creature could contain his ocstocy no longer, and lifting his hands from his shoulders, clapped them rapidly together three or four times, crying out over tho ears of tho dying man, "Brava, bra-va!" and then hurriedly placing them back again to prevent his springing up, in his convulsito throes) It was a perfectly innddenning spectacle, and the music jarred on the chords of my heart liko tho blows ol a hammer. But iho song was ended, the e fleet secured, and so the spectators could attend to the sufferer in their midst. Tho gens d 'urines entered, and carried him speechless and lifeless out of tho theatre. If this be tho reft nod nntnro, and sen-islive soul, love of music creates, Heaven keep mo from it, and my countrymen, (live mo a heart, with chords that vibrate to humnn sulfcring, sooner than to the most ravishing melody, aye, that can hear nothing and feel nothing else, when moving pity speaks. But so tho world goes men will weep over a dying ass, then pitch a brother into the ditch. A piny, oh, how tlioy can appreciate, and feel it, they are so sen sitive! but astern, stirring fact, they can look as coldly on as a statue ! IhniUnfs fatten from Italy, TRIMMING TRKKS. The proper sen son for this operation lias been n subject of much discussion. Formerly the fashion was rattier general tn trim 111 winter when tlio sap was said to bo down 111 tho roots of tho tree. Or nt least as early as March before tho buds began to swell. But many good orchardists now doubt tho propriety of trimming at this season; and Judge Uuell, of Albany, is decidedly of tho opinion with thoso foreigners who recommend for this business tho season between tho first and second growth of iho trco. that is, some time in tho latter part of June or the first ol July. tltcttiivc Trimming, It is now generally agreed that 110 largo limbs should bo cut on", but that a lit-tlo trimming of the small twigs nnnually, such as interfere wilh each other, many bo taken otf to good advantage and wilt prove sufficient. It has indeed been contended thnt trees should never bo trimmed, that nature gave them no more than sho intended ihey should keep and that by robbing tho trco of its natural branches, wo inflict on it an irrepnrahlo injury. Tins doctrine may lead us too far. If wo must not curtail tho works of nature, wo must suffer our nails tn grow out But tho question is asked, why hive trees limbs and leaves given them in excess? Tho true answer may be, that nature intended there should be, iu general, an abundance, mi that the treo might bo provided against casual il ice. Tho insects must bo provided for, and would Ih? in want of their portion ol lounge, and if tho inferior animnisuin nni lake from it their cuMoumry supply, it was then tho duly of man to act as regulator and Intake from tho tree much as it sometimes loses in tho natural courso of events. draft being all that is wanting, These balls of Wrougfit Iron can be made at a good profit (if tho furnace is built near the mines of mineral and coal) ior lounun uotlara per ion. The immense advantages of this plan to the country at largo cannot be computed : in the single article of Railroad Iron, it will be a saving of millions of dollars to the United States; for, by statistical tables, we have already sent to England for that ap--tide alone, tho sum of thirty-two millions of dollars. We hope, therefore, to sec many of our old Rolling-Mills, that are now lying idle throughout the country, in active operation, manufacturing this article : that machinery which is capable of rolling out Boiler Plate-Iron, being sufficiently strong and efficient lor all the purposes of Railroad Iron, The inventor informs us that, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, forty tons of Railroad Iron can be manufactured every twenty-four hours. From Mr. (lleig'i Novel, "The Light Drsgnnn.'' DEATH OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER. There was ono man in particular, who died so no bly, that I fuel mvself bound, as an act of justice to his memory, to speak of him. His name waa Wilson. In temper and disposition he was tho quietest and most inoffensive creature in the troop, who never had a cross word with any one, or ever, as far as L could perceive, was but even slightly out of his way. INothing could induce wuson 10 loose m luinimr nothing put him in a hurry; whatever he did was dono as if tho doer was a piece of clock-work, and the matter to bo arranged something which could nut possibly miscarry. Wilson was, besides, remarkably sober: ho never drank even his allowance to an enci: uui 11 nc uiu noi units iibbibwiuib vora city winch I have seldom seen equalled. Bread was 'in Invonto food ; and before his single pair 01 jaws whole loaves would disappear, as often as he succee ded in laying hands upon them. Hut Wilson's career, both fighting and eating, was destined this day to cud ; and he fell thus: 1 saw turn engaged hand to hand with a rrench dragoon: I saw him for I was by this time disabled by a severe wound, and stretched at length beside others of my suffering comrades give and receivo more than one pass, with equal skill and courage Just then a French officer, stooping over the body of his wounded countrymen, who dropped at the instant on Ins horse's neck delivered a thrust at poor Harry . Wilson's body, and delivered ltettcctually. ihrmiy believe that Wilson died on the instant : yet, thougn hu felt the sword in its progress, ho, with characteristic self-command, kept his ee still on the enemy in his front; and raising in his stirrups, let fall on the Frenchman's helmet such a blow, that brass and skul I parted before it, and iho man's head was cloven a-suiider tip tho chin. It was the most tremendous blow I over saw struck ; and both he who gave, and his opponent who received, dropped dead logetner. The brass holmct was afterwards examined hy order of the French olliccr, who, as well as myself, was astonished at tho exploit; and tho cut was found Ut bo ns clean as if the sword had gone through a turnip not so much as a dent being left on either side of it. OUT AT LAST. Our readers may recollect, that a freo trade paper, so culled, was lately commenced in New York, of which UulTGrccu was the Editor. It was then charged, tlmt the money lo establish the paper came from England, which chargo waa denied by tho British loco toco editors. It now apitcars, by the report of the trial, that a man of Ihe iiaine of Hasty brought tiuitogninsl Dufftireen, for arrearages of wages, as .a reporter ol the Republic, which was the name ot said free trade British paper. In tho testimony ou this suit, given by Henry Wickoli; an Englishman who claims to be the proprietor of the said newspaper, ho Buys: 'I furnished funds for Gen. Green to establish a paper which was to be began on the JWd February; thero was a contract between us as to funds, in writing; I nrn not responsible for tho payment of any body employed in tho establishment previous to February iWd.IriU Cross exnmined The conversation with General Green was in LONDON, and witnessed by John Wilkes, a resident of that city, there was some such proposition made as to commencing the newspaper by the issue of a specimen number, by General Green to mc; nothing very decided on that point, that 1 recollect; took no measures for getting up such, thnt 1 remember; I found a "weekly" published at the office when I arrived; 1 do not know when it was commenced.Witness being shown a paper by defence, iworo to its being signed by hitn. It was tho original contract between witness and defendent. 1 drew a bill on my agent in Philadelphia for 'HX), it wns cashed by tho Baring by cheque on their Bankers, and 1 lent 0110 half of it to Mr. Green at the time. Do not remember thu payer's name. This was in the close of November last, in London. Did not go to Paris, with reference to arrangements for eitab- ishing ihe paper, none whatever and made no ar rangements as to tho 'Republic Whilst thero, arranged a Paris correspondence for the 'Republic' Mr. Green left London on Saturday, Hd December last. I gave Mr. Green an order tor three bonds to tho amount of IJtHlO. I then expected to bo here on or soon nftor the &Jd of r obruary. This money wna ilvanccd tor the establishment ot Uie "llcpobuc" newspaper," 1 ho original charge, tlmt said anti-tanlt British newspaper, was set on toot with English money .seems now to bo fully established. This must have been part of the four hundred thousand pounds sterling that havo been subscribed in England, for the dissemination of British anti-tariff doctrines in this country. Stcu het ville Herald HIGH SANCTIONS. As the Whig party have incurred many hard names, such as Federalist, Aristocrat, &c, by their advocacy of a United tilatea Bank, it may bo as well to record a fact in reference to thnt subject which ins been brought to our notice hy Ihe remarks ot Mt, usrrctl I'avis, ol Kentucky, at tno recent Whig mooting in New York in honor of Mr. Clay's birth day. Mr. D. stated that of the thirty seven delegates Important Imi'hovkmktit in thr Maniti-acturk nr Iron. -A discovery has lately been made by Mr, Simeon Brondinendow, ot Now lurk, 111 tho manufacture of Iron, by means of which tho Iron Oro is by only ono process converted into Wrought Iron, without being first made into Pig Iron, ana at a lent expense than the Pig Iron can bo made. The Iron Oro is placed uimn the floor of a rover- bcrlory furnace, the flume of the tire passing over it ; when a chemical compound is used lo unite thu elements of tho Iron by separating (he uf entirely from it. By thia first, only ojwratiun, the Wrought Iron comes out as perfect in every respect as that by Ihe double operation of pwUtinir and piling Pig Iron, and, for tlio purpose of ninnutacturinff IS tec I, even surpasses it. By this process, Wrought lion of iho best quality can be produced at a cost nut exceed- ing(infy,ir dollars ana a any per ton. To make tho Iron Ore into balls of Wrought Iron, will require no blast, nor machinery of any kind ; tho nnthmrito or bituminous coals being used with equal advantage in a common air-furnace, a good who signed tho Declaration of Independence, thirty two of them, together with General Washington, supported tho establishment of a United States Bank. Wo arc aware that this piece of history will be considered a matter nf little consequence by Locofoco politicians who are imbued with the spirit of "progressive Democracy," but trust that it will not be without its weight with Uie honest and patriotic who constitute tho great body of tho party. Lot tins fact bo circulated through the country, and wo cannot well conceive how demagogues will be able to summon tho effrontery to denounce as enemies of the ilenple those who aro endeavoring to reatore the institutions of their forefathers. But a new maxim of Lncofocoism has recently been proclaimed, which declares that "Democracy is progressive," and that the Democrat of Mr. Madison's times is no Democrat nets, unlis he has dis carded his old opinions and prejudices, and adopted the new lights ot the modern school. J ha reader will recollect that this "progression" has been given to the "Democracy" by the notorious Fanny Wright, whose principles liavo carried her so far beyond Ihe vtilgur prejudices of tho ngo that she has been ablo to discover the Bible to be a pack nf fables, and tho institution of marriage a ridiculous stale of voluntary bondage. Whiff StamLtrtL Monrn Democracy; As a specimen of what modern democracy is, let 110 cite the real democrat to a fact, which is but one among many of a similar character. Charles J. Ingertoll Is among tho most prominent and noisy supporters of Mr. Van Huron ho is a member of Con grow from Pennsylvania. The following is an extract from a letter writ ter. by him on tho 7th of June, 1H07, and acnl to John Bums, Esq. Read it : 'l endeavor to molest no bodv with mv political sentiments: though I disdain to disguise them however, heretical they may seem at this time of iho tide. It I had been m 1x1 ble of rtffect ton. when th Imericiin Colonies took uo mrmt against the moJArr rounfry, thould hm been trhat is termed a Tory, nor can l const dfr raw irn aptwimmn oj mirwica. . (Nigned) UiAiU-r.w J. !NUf.K!SMj, June 7th. 1H07 l&i Chcsnul .Street. Pi ri.ic Pkbt or Pennsylvania. The Legislature of Pennsylvania has voted to adjourn on the Ulith 1 nil. but not ao aro happy to sec, until something has been dono fur the redemption of the honor of the Stato. bv tho payment of her public debt A Harnsburg corrospondeut of the Philadelphia Amer ican says that tho Three At ill lax has received the assent of the i loose, by Uie very dociaive majority of filty-six to thirty. Tho news caused an instant rise in Slate Fives, and there wcresaleswitliinatew minutes alter tho opening of tho mail, at tN4. If the Senate will do as the 1 louse hnvelone, the honor of Pennsylvania has been redeemed. Mr. Mfrrick atatod in tho Sennle last week, that tho paying letters which passed through ihe post office last year, amounted to 4,(K)0,tKK); of winch number, 17,lKK,lXH) passed over a distance of low than U50 miles.

WEEKLY Of H D urn VOLUME XXXIV. I-UHLISIIKI) EVEKV WEDNBSDAV' MOUN1NO, BY SCOTT & TEESDALE. Ollic. cornel of High and Town llreell, BuIUm' Building TERMS. Two Dollars MR inmia, which mint invsrubljr be naiil in iilviuin, don of puitege or of pel unlaga lo A cntf or Collector.. The Journal is alio publi.herf ilnily nunnK llio mm ol ho l.Kiilaluro, and Innce a wtjns iho remainder of lliu year or j.' and lhrt liniol a week, jronrly, for S- The Bargain & Sale Slander Exposed ! SPEECH OP HON. JOHN WHITE. Tlio following i prt of a Spooch delivered liy lion. John White, of Kentucky, in Congress, last week. Although he did not adduce nil tho evidence that has been elicited, going to allow the utter baselessness of the charges preferred against Mr. Clay, we believe he did not design going further into the subject at that time ; but was disposod to lot the question rost upon what he had already adduced i satisfied that it could not fail to force con viulion upon every candid mind.. He was about to expose and show up, in proper colors, the white-ilavc falsehood, whon his hour expired, and he was compelled to closo. Lot tho tostunony adduced from tho political enemies or Mr. Clay, bo placed ill tho hands of evory man, and those who liavo rakud up this thread-bare falsehood, will be covered with shame ami confusion ! Mr. White took the floor, and asked llio indulgence of the committee if he should vary in this ;.,. ,, l,.t i,.. I Imrptnlhro been his uniform practice upon this floor, in not confining himself strictly to the merits 01 uie 0111 iniucr rcU-rring, as an apology inerciur, w debate upon sovorai previous bills, on which political speeches had boun made by gentlcmon upon the other side of tlio House, and he having once or twico obtained the lloor in order to reply to them, but having as often yielded it and deferred his priv-;i..n f r,r,lv tVnm limp to time, lie now felt (he aid) obliged lo ougago in this debato as a matter of ull-delcnce. ilo was not ono 01 uioau nnu utilised that it was no part uf tho business of a public man, of a statesman, of a member of Congress, to look into tlio public character of groat statesmen, lie behoved there was no higher duly of a member or Congress than at the proper timo lo examine the public charactor and conduct of men who were looking to the highest stations in this groat Republic. Furtliorj ho wan not one of those who cither hero or elsewhere, would at any lime assail the private reputation of any public man fur any political purpose, lln rl.oriahnil tlm anniimeiit of the noble Spaniard : "Write the private faults of men in tho sand, their public virtue on brass," On the present occasion it was not Ins purpose to aasan me i dividual in tins nation, or to ssy any Hung personal lo any man on this floor. It was no part ol his na-..... . l .nu i.nmnn hoio in his oersonul rela- lions, or to attack his political opponents but, ll thore ever was a timo when lie was calico on 10 u it, now was that timo. Without any spirit of idle boasting, he told his political opponents that ho considered them as a doomed party. Keeling so, eel- ing that you, sir, (said Mr. V.,addrc g tho Chair- ...... . i... i.. n ,lvnnn!iiiir the principles you advocate are doomed, it is in no vindictive spirit that I innko the remarks I am alioul to address 10 u l !,.. Tl,n arWn. "Ho whom Gud intends to ue- siroy he first makes mad," never was moro lor-cibly illustrated llian by you and your party. I Go back (continued Mr. W.) to tho opening of, this Congress i look upon your journal; scowlml yuu done ! Go Iraco tho desecration of that instrument, which tho Constitution of vonr country requires to be kept sacred ; go there, follow out the destructive spirit of nullification in that act Go and read your vote as you have written it in tho restoration ol that monarchical, odious, contemned, mid four limes condemned Sub-Treasury. Go and road it in your conduct on the repeal, and tlio manner of the repeal, or tint most beneficial act for the distribution of the proceeds uf tho public lands, and then como and read your falo in that mounter you calmly and coolly cull upon as to substitute for that act of VU whoso influences we see in tho confirmed credit, revived trade, and restored prosperity of tho country. Al these sro your winding-sheets. You luvo prepnrcd Ihcin for yourselves : tlio American people are roady, hy an overwhelming voico, lo pronounce your doom. Il was a most unpleasant duly (said Mr. W.) to bo called u;Min to pronounco these remarks. Never, since ho had been on this lloor, had it fallen to his lot to have engaged in political argument nnd collision with any of his colleagues. But he now asked the attention of his colleague, (Mr. Boyd,) ho asked ilia ntinntion of the chairman of the committee, (.Mr. Hopkins,) and of bis colleague, (Mr. Coles,) whilst he felt called on most reluctantly to road a document to which each of their names was appended. I find (said Mr. W.) in a letter written by my col-lengue, (Mr. Tliomasson,) addressed to tho chairman (Mr. Hopkins,) his colleague, (Mr. Coles,) and my -,.ll..n.r,,,. ( Mr. ll.ivJ.I various chnrL'os of a iravo anil serious charactor. mudo agninst a fellow-citizen of niy own Slate by a Kcntuckian ; charges, which, if true, not only disqualified him for llio highest ollico within the gift of this people, but would consign him to infamy, and his posterity ; charges which, if true, should consign him to olio of the vilcsl prisons old as he was to be doomed to tho hardest labor consistent with the physical energies of man. He wished the calm attention of these gentlemen and Iho committee lo these charges. A letter had been writlon by hiscolleagiio, addressed to the chairman or this committee, published in the Richmond Enquirer, in his own State. Ho would not now coiuiiiout with severity on the subject of that letter. It had been written when it was known that tho distinguished man to whom il alluded was on tho borders of the adjoining State, and was to pass into tho "Old l)o-tniuiou" within a few days; Hint, on Thursday next, an important election was pending in thai "Old l)o-luinion;" lint all theso charges would reach not only tho poopio of lilO Htate, but the people of this whole Union; and just at a timo when it would naturally be supposed that all rancor and acerbity of party fceliiiir should be laid aside, and that all llio hospi talities snd cordialities of tho "Old Dominion,' his nativo State, would bo extended to him without re- gard to party just at that particular moment this firebrand had been thrown in there, and this old, and, as he supposed, doomed and exploded chnrge, had been rcueatcd. and repented with a degree of malig nity, of tact, of ellbrt, to beguile and deccivo and delraud public opinion ; wneinor it liaa ocon so in. tended or not ho did not sav. Mr. W. would undcrtsko to establish, what was difficult to do in courts of justice, not only that every allegation and insinustinn of emit, connected with this eharire of barunin and salo, was utterly unfnun ded and false, but he would provo a negative he would prove the innocenco of that man who had been assailed with tins odious chargo for the Inst fourteen or sixteen years, from one end ol' this Union lo the other ; and he would provo it, not simply from his own declaration and the declaration ol those con neclcd with him in this transaction, but out of the mouths of hisonemies ho would rofulo and confront this basest libel and slander that hnd over been laid on auv distinguished man. Honskcdhiacolloagiir attention to ono sinulo paragraph in this letter. Mr. W. know very well that in his reply, and the reply of the gnntlomen who wore connucteu wiiu mm. wnue tlmv introduced all the charges agninst this distin guished individual, thuy said they were not bound to commit thomsolvoa as to tlioir belief, bin that they would submit tho farts, nnd lenvo the world lo judge of the innocenco of tins dislinguishcd nun. Ills collcngue went further. Here il was : Dunns die Mrrredmir monlh it wai cmiriileuny swrlrn 'STATE JOURNAL COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1844. NUMBER 39. to correct it Tut ho believed the facts there stated were true. Mr. White mid his colleague had made the charge. Now he (Mr. W.) had never made a charge, hero or clsowhcre, when he had not the testimony to refer to for iti substantiation. Mr. Boyd asked his colleague to stale whether the facts given him (Mr. li.) in relation lo this letter were ur were not true. Mr. White said he Imd never heard of the letter until he Bd w the letter of his cnllcague. He had never seen it in his life. And he had only to say in relation to it, that if there were any such letter, and his colleague would address a line to Mr. Clay, he would throw off all Iho shackles and disclose to him all the correspondence. Some further conversation took place between Messrs. White nnd Boyd, in which tho I niter gentleman said (as far as was understood) that the purport uf tho letter was something like this: that '"our friends hero are induced to go for Mr. A damn, be-having that our future prospects would ho belter served thereby." Mr. B. did not know that it stated that in case Mr. Adams was elected President Mr. Clny would be Secretary; but something like what he had stated was the purport of the letter. Mr. White resumed. He had only lo say to his colleague that this was too grove a charge to be mi do on such vague and uncertain grounds. Until that letter was produced, there was not in his judgment any evidence before the country that that let-ter had boon written; and ho now challenged his colleague, and ho would bo responsible for it, that if Mr. Clny was called on ho would Inko off every shackle from the correspondence. Ami unlcas his collcngue produced the letter, he said his allegation stood condemned before tho Amcricun people and tho civilized world. It devolved upon him to make it true. lie now called tho attention of his colleaguo to tho witnesses with reference to this charge of bargain and sale; and, first, to their old organ of scan dal and defamation in Richmond the man who hnd first started this charge. It would be recollected by the committee and by tho American people that this charge had been made by a member of Congress on this floor. It would also be recollected that tho moment that chargo had been announced, Mr. Clay, who was at that time Speaker of this House, conscious of his own innocence, an honest man as tie came from the hands of his (ind, threw into the teeth of his enornies a denial of the charge, nnd challenged, before the Congress of the United Slates, a full investigation of the mutter. That a committee wns appointed, wilh Mr. Barbour, a distinguished Virgini-un, at its head ; that this charge had been referred to that committee; tint tho individual who had first made the charge had been brought before the committee, and the record showed that not a word of evidence was produced, and thnt tho committee reported tho innocence of Mr. Clny. Now, Mr. W. would send to tho Clerk the rcmnrks of tho old and distinguished editor of that parly tnuchingtheso proceedings of tho Congress of tho United States: From the Kiditmiwl Enquirer of Kliniary I". lH?o. " A ! Oiuuriienittcxlions upon winch w piil!nli iliii itny iiirh rniiou ileb.itei, wo do not hesil.itolu my (tun Mr. Clny liai met tlic fliarno iu a man milit lo mwl il. Hit Icnilc! piuiiiiutuilc mi' I tijN'mli fiiiiirc urn ihc tun:! indipntioiii'tf Ins tinmcL'iirc. Tlii, rumtminl Willi avowal from nliiioM all tuirtiTs of lln HtrtiM , ami I lie uniform mlitrimiitm in tlie lnl k'llrrs I'riiin iltiil rily, rxti vnc no Oou!l ol iIir remit of llio iiivi;l,.lioii, nor ilnr Mr. Kmrwr shrink, I ml wc luipcrt Itc Kill ruk lu t,'M-;iie ity a ort of HjK'rial ilojlint,' nui-li m Mr. Mi Diiflif Iioh ilirown into 1m onuMwInirtnl. Hit il an il may, lln'iinioirv lim Imhii hikI il oiiulil lo tic prosccoli'd wilh vonr y llic wliolt! inn tier kIiuiiU l-c proU'd lo llie Imiiom j no loop holo ought to Ihj left to lnm a imle ilonlil on, for in limes llkl) lIlUMC till' ICUrll' Will CXIIlTt tlll'lf Rflf C It'll WliVl-ll llt Oil- ly lotw rhiistc, ttul I'rcn from all nutpiriun. Mr. ('lnuitiniith cent of this charge. Wo ure fully iri'jnirMl to trv llio coin-in like acquit li;in of this iiiipuioliou ol bartering hi vutu tor an ollicc." Mr. Ritchie, (eonfinucd Mr. W.) wilh all thcio facts belbro him, snys that Mr. Clny is innocent of this charge. Now, if this old retailer of slnnder was satisfied, from a full view of tho facts of the case, that Mr. Clay was innocent uf the charge, how condemned must he stand before tho civilized world repenting this charge ! Mr. W. would now call to tho stand llon.Tliomas II. Benton, hi a letter written Dec. 7, lt&7. Mr. Benton said: " VAim(.Tos,.crcmlrcr7, IW7, " Hin : Yoiirh'tlrr of ihu I'.Hli ultimo, rovi-rim;tlP I, xiiit'-ion Virginia Inlrlltfi'iirerol' iliiilonlf, h.n Iwetnltily tor visvA, nnd in hihwit lo Hie iii(iiirie yon pnl In nir, I hnvn lo lnlc lliiit lhonrlirli to wldrh you invite mv nilfiilion ixsulrilaniial lv, not virli'illy roiifi'i, so fur us it rr-K:m nir as inviiijr iltnl I wm inlnrtnfil lv .Mr. t'lnj in the Inn' pan of Ittrvnilicr, UIJl. Ih, it In: iiic;ik-d lo vole i r Mr. Atlnni. Tlii'rc is no mm,ike in Ihu tlM. hi a vi-it nliirli I made to your part if Virginia nltiuil thai linm timdlc mv lo lit it with rrrlninlv. I li-li Watlmiglnn, on th.il viH, nmml ihu l.'ith uf IVrftnl-rr, and hiiil rrt-L-ivod ihu in lor in niton of Mr. Clny IhiIikc I nt nil, ami loM il. win lv iilucnl, in the family nl my fnilicr-in law, ('oloi''l MrDowcll, ol wmr rminiy. I!nl ihc infrri'ino no noirli iimn-il upon, tlt.it 1 niuol lirU'o tohl llio jniiH" thine to Mr. Katoit ami oiIhts of hi wlilirni Irn-ixU, 11 Hlmllv crro- iicoih i lor, h.ivinir, no niithontv Irom .ilr. i iuy to promulg:tlo intent ion. I only Kko of thoin in lln' hoioin ol u imvalo lain ly at two lutmlri'il milt's ilitinorc from Wiisli nglon. .Sum thai MTtol, unit i'Mrinllv iliinn tin prrsrnt hiiiiiiht, I litvo on uivi'rnl orritsiom, mid Moim liiiii'i in lite prrncnrc of olil-if aI o)onriiM, wlii'ii thu ronfnu of convrnnvioo h'd mo lo il, nrnilmiit'il wnni l kliuw 01 dir. iuy s uany iincnimii in voio lor Mr Adams t and in lint way I r.imi lo'ttiH-ak of il nsaiit. Mime iwo or lhrw wii kt inre, in llic home of m v fHilirr-in law, whcrit I had fir.l jtoke u il ne?r ihrev vi-ar wid wlii'tirn, Willi Miinenhlilions and variations, Without Uk priv ily of anv mil prcsi-nl nl the rou vernation, it hn rrpid mlo iho pacr wtiich vmi havo ti'til mc. No mice. or aki-dmy lenvo lo tilhh w'hui 1 iaid i if any one had, llm nnthott of ihc pnlihrnlion in ihe Leiiiilon p.itcr nnt;hl hnvctn-eit inured an ollicc which mtitt In vo l en inetprcMilil v pninfiil lo llit'ir lm orallc fit'lini;, I itimild noi have rfocd 10 llic adnitiiinlra lion miy testimony iti my fuviH lo pi p. iHtwithl.m'lni the chtrac'trr of iho war which tho grcal hotly of their force ure carrying on aganiM nf. lotin, rrrMCHiiii, "THOMAS II. HKNTOW." This letter (said Mr. W.) proved not only that Mr. Clay's bitterest oponents considejed him innocent ot the charge, but it estaulntucu 0 tact connected with tins chnruo whicu was moat imnortnnl lual. before tho Congresi convened, before tho r resnien-ti.il election tunk place in this hmly, Mr. Clay had iliscloscd Ins intentioii to veto tor .Mr. Adams, not inly to Mr. Uenton, but to a number of other imli-,'idiials ; Hint he hid no secrets or disguiso iu all his conversations about it. Mr. W. naw nsltcd the attention of tho committee to tho testimony of nnothf r politiral optmnent tion the chartre of hircain and sale. I lo would read an extmel from a letter of Mr. Knclinmn to tho Lin-canter Journal, dated August ri, IH1-: I railed urtoti Uvn. Jnrksntt on the ocmion which I have mrniioii'-d, focy m hii fii'mt. upon my own individual rc- niMl'inlv, mio nH ni Urn nnuul ot nir. lay or any oinor Tmhi. I Hti tr h-tre bi-rm tht p hltc.tl frttml f Mr, ( Sou, oiiicu Ihi ticcamo can lid.ile for ihr oflice of rrt'tidcitl. ni vimi .cry well know, 1'nul .iw (irn. Jarkson's letter In "lr. Hcverly of the -'jiIi nllmio, and nl tlm nmo time w.i in lornteil ly n letler irom tnc ciuior 01 mc enm-n finim lew ttraph, tli'nl I w.t iho pi'moii In whom he nllmied. the cvmtp-turn tvicr oHrc tntrml my mini thai hi Micved dm to hao In-cn tin H-jenl of Mr Clny and hit fiit-nds, or lhai 1 1 Mended la pmptur trrmt of xnx kind for ihvm, or lint hu could have iiiioiil mu cn pnl ilo of ripnuii an 'opinion that il was rihi to tini sum iiiirineM won uieir own wr inii.-' had ho HMi'iony from Mr. Ca i or hit fnrmlr la pcMc (fm trrmt to li. ntrnl Jieiion im rthttion to their rotei. xit inn 1 r.tr.it, ii,ir. 11 rioioni. TM)N 1 ind I I mi i I would lie as incapiddr of Ix-comiiiK a mfu'iiKef npoiimrlt riiMWcaiioit. as it wnikitowiiticii.Jacti' ton would Ih; 10 receive such a tnctiAj-c." It will he recollected (said Mr. W.) that this was tho witness with whom this foul charge of slander mid defatn ilion had its origin. Cm. Jackson hnd repeated th1 slimier on the tentimnnv of Mr. Itncli- anan, and Irom linn this individual, barter llcverly, had received thecharco, which he had made public, C trter llcverly at that timo had been on enemy of Mr. Clay; Itc had liven long onough to come to his senses. Before his death, nltlmtgh ho had slept over this chargo for years, per Imps in view of the grave, he had been prompted to award justice to an injured ami innocent man; lie nan como nut wan ins un itualilii'd denial and refutation of the ehnrire. And (said Mr. W addressing lliechairman) t predict lint bclore you snd some other gentlemen shall have de but in every paper in this District claiming lo bo uomocratic or olhcial. Mr. Kilchie had repeated this chartro, and tho Presidential oriran here, "the Madisoninn," Ind copied it without any comment, ssve at tho closo tho words "True, oh King!" taking from Holy Writ this expression to pervort it to the sanctioning of this most infamous nnd unfounded libel. Now, what had this man, the present Kxecn tive, umlor whose eye and under whoso hand this chargo was now being repented, said, in other days, wnen nc nan some IttUo regard to truth and justice' Mr. W. read from a letter of Mr. Tyler of the I4th t.',.l i.yy r.ii ..... vuninijr, lo, QB IUUM1VK "In ailvrrltiiir to that Idler. I shtitl cmtlonl myself with stat ue; it siil'Maiicc, hut il Mr. Clay iliull KcecmiM) togratiry.ih" lcii!cioi new 1 in j nir editors, hi' is at homy to pnni.ati 11. iliall have, nocniuc. to conuilaiii ofil. It is. then, ocrfeetlv iruo that I wrote to Mr, Clny in ihe spring of VWi. Il isnlw true, tlmt 1 approved of his conrc crnwiii out of llio I're denlial election, and conrurn il with him nmtt emphnlirally in tlm r.sult of hi vole. It is equally so, thiit i eleemud Mr. lams n deeiiledly hetter (ii.dilicd for lln- rresidem-y llr.in :n. Jack ion. ami tlmt 1 would have voted for him alter Mr. rawford's rhaure of success was over. To Ihis eflecl. I wrote lo Mr. Clay 111 terms of perfect fraukueii. - tt is it 1 wen use I no not lieiieve llenry Aay, aionjf ih Iho Wcilern deleirniinn who mled wilh him, to have hrtn bought and notd, for which, if jruihy, he nnd ihcy deserved to k KiTiocuMi, innt 1 nm ttirrc ore noiinii losunpori 1111 aoiiiiii ration which may ii)jiose all my convniioiia of propur poli cy r Now, ho asked his collenirtic, as a candid and fair man, whilst he was permitting garbled statements of the testimony taken in the Kentucky Legislature in the investigation of this foul charge of bargain and nnle, why it was that he had suppressed tho testimo ny ol Joplunh Dudley, ono ot his own political friends? And why he had suppressed various depo sitions that, hnd been elicited in vindication of the haracler of this mm? Hero was testimony, and istimnny ot his colleague s own particular mends, Inch it would make him blush to read, and then to rend his own remarks on the subject. Now Mr. W. ltfd dono with the testimony of Mr. Clay's political enemies, and he thought that any set of men, that any tribunal, would bo compelled, from this evidence, to pronounce him innocent of this foul charge. Ho would now road tho testimony of some distin guished gentlemen, whoalono could speak, because they had been pirt nnd parcel one or two of them of the transaction itself; and ho would submit their tt5timnny, making all duo allowance for men speak- ng 01 atinirs in which they tiomoelves hnd been par ticipators. Ilo would first rend a short extract from distinguished foreigner, whose testirnonv could not be questioned by any man on this llour who hnd un interest under heaven, either in vindicating or iucon-demuin"- this mnii. He would read from tho statement of Cencrul Lafnyellc: "My rememlirnnce concurs wilh vonr own on this itoint: that in ihu Uder end of December, cither In fore or after my sit to Annapolis, you hemp mil of Ihc I' rem dentin I ciiihIuU-ire, nnd all it li-ivuirxiirir'ed mv aSove mentioned motives lorlH'araucu, I. hv wav of ronli.leiilinl execution nllowed yself lo pill a simple, iiii'ii;ilified ii'ieslion ripct-liii; yoof k'ctiiiiiienii (jue uiid your intended vote, Vonr 1111-wcr ns, that in your ninuion the urinal tlate of health of Mr. rmrford h,id iimilnl the rontcst to a choice httirrvn Mi, ilums mill I tm. J triton; that rhnnt fouwud oil mifil inj hievanenl did not meet hour preference, A Mi THAT tuV All I'UNCI.UIIKU TO VOTK Hill Mu, AlMMS." He must now call the testimony of the distinguish ed gentleman from MapAnHnineitJ, (Mr. Adnuis,)ho hnd been ft part and pircel in Iho transaction, and to whose testimony the pre- nit generation nnd posterity would give tint weight it was entitled to. He on Id lint read Irom lux letter to tlio INow Jersey committee niter he had retired from tho Presidential hair: Wt'Oti him (Mr. f'lnvt the fouled slanders htivn teen Imntreil. I.oii? known nnd aniirecjiiled, n sucreivelv 11 memtiei nf Imi h Mouses of your .National l.ci;il iliire, a the iinrivnlled Speaker, ami at ihu same lime tiiol ellicieni leader ol ileimien 111 one 1 1 lliem; n. an a:le nii'l sticcehil ueolia- 1 lor for viMir interest in war nnd in iienee. uilh liifeifii 'nw. ; ers.ntel at n powerful cnndidale (or llie Ittlvet of your trusts the K 'p4riment of ISlale tHtlf was a ni.ilion wh:ch, ly it , rcniowm, rouhl collier nrilh.T irunt nor Inmnr iiou him, out ipnn ulnen lie h.n Imi nufiel iitj honor Iy the iiinuiier 111 , ihrrh h di'.cli.iri'ed iu duties. I'reju lice nud panioti li-ive tiarj;i'd him wnli o'ltninin j lint oHiro liy harinu nud cor- I motion. Ih-tore mm. t?llvn ii'itcti. tn the vretrnee nf nttr conninj omf of Ihiirtn. 1 ritiiNnti.HcK hut ( iiAlu.Kiu ll.l.r list ntNln.li. 1 1111 tri.nHo ol justice is one Irom mr 1 him. and tueio willi ptenurc llie oiiiHirtunity ollordcd ptc iy your Inter of discharging tho ohhation." This ilistinguished patriot and statesnun, (contin ued Mr. W.) on a more recent occasion, n-it having sought tho opportunity himself, hut having been called on during his Western tour by a coinmittuc, res ponded in this Inngungc to tins samo charge: I th-iuk viKi, sir, for iho opitoriunily vou have given mo ol IvrtikiiiL'oI lit" vreal statesninil who wa nsocialed with mr hi the Hdiniiiitiratioii of ihc (iencrid (ovcninienl, nt mv nar.icjUolictlalion whn Iwlenis nol to Keniucky nhme, Imi 10 die whole Cniotr, nnd is nol mdv nn lioiior lo ih Htnle nnd hii N nl ton. Imi 10 inniikind. The charzen lo whiili vou re fer I hive, nfler my term of n'ervice h id espired, uii( il WiCi iropef lor me lo hhL, Heme! helorn the w hole country; ami liere reiterate and re-ai'irm V ol tiVniW; nnd M t exiiccl ,hordr to app.-ar In-fnre mv tiod, 10 answer or the conduct if mv whole lite, thond thvie chnrret h ire found their w 11 to throne of t.ternal Jn nitre, I w 11. 1. tf( Til t; rnfcaiilCE or ONStPiiTKSt t., ritoSol 5( K Till I AI.MK." Was that tho Inngungn (asked Mr. V.) of a man declaring falsehood and untruth? Did itappenrthal a declaration of this chime ter, if false, would be undo by a man solemnly nppealing to tint dod in whose presence he was conscious ho was soon to ap tear, cither for opprohition or fur condemnation!' What man is there in this country so brine as now to repeal this foul, this nnliciotii, this branded libel? in private conversions, Umt if Mr. Adams w fCcn.led to the tomb, when the violence ot party feH Clnv wmitil Ikh Mecrelnrv of r'tnle. nltcnif hmi IH inniIioii , .... . '. . which Mr.('UvaHHsnU called llwUeot snfeprvcedenlt," K tM hivo had lltllQ to Claval-Mwiirds calleil llw hiteol "snfe prvcedenlt," injrn mw win wm iu -unwu-.-, mm oitnus ami onihai firounil numerims letter were procured lo I writ- shall hive fnllen Irom your eyes nnd tlm eyes uf olh la 10 our mi'inlrcra ol Confrreis i.lviin)( uiein 10 nisrejiiirii llic reMihiiiom of Ui l.cxislnturv. In ihe ikwelopmenis of lilt? and H1S this mmnr was tmced dirrcllr lo a Idler oriel- lers, written early in January, try Mr. I lay himttlt, lo muiio nf lint friends in Keniucky, nol (icrliapi uuiig tht tvry words, feiiainly convoyinn tht idea." Mr. Itovd (Mr. W. vieldinir for the nnrnose) made an explanation, but owing to hit position much of what ho said was lost to tho i(eortor. lie saia no lind understood tt the (imo that there wasiueh ft letter in existence; that that letter had been placed in the hnn dn of a cominittoo of Mr. Clay's friunds, and miirht bo read by any body who waa curious to seo it, but that his friends had no liberty whatever to publish it. Ha bcliovcd it never had been published. Its contents had been published from memory hy those who had seen it, with the declaration attached that the account ot it was substantially true, if not true in word. Ho presumed that letter was in this city, ( it was a moro presumption, however,) and if the account waa not true, he proposed that his colleague institute an inquiry, find the letter, and havo it rmb lished. From tho history of tho transaction, if his colleague would satisfy him that Uiore waa an alluvion in that letter to Mr. Clay, or to any body else concorned, that was not fully sustained from the facta Uieto stated, ho would be as ready as his colleague crs, and all those prejudices which nro calculated to delndo and bewilder tho humnn mind and lead to fnlso conclusions shall hive been dissipated, that you and others will write, declaring the innocence nf this man. Now hoar what Ihis dying man said. Mr. W. mud from a letter of Cartor Hovcrly to Mr. Clay as follows: "Il will he nndnuhl nmller of soma nsloimhmeiit lo yon in itcciviiik from me die proscul address. I will not preface il with any kind ol upoloni , Incsusc, in dotnp; il, I juniify niy mind in the dmlinrnenl an acl of conscience, ami uduty dul 1 feel die inmost pleasure, m ierforminK "Altltmnjli die lime is- ijuile far pino Mince I became very iimocenlly tnilrmiieul.il in circulating tliroitglnmt the country a very creat attack ou your character and virtue as a penile man, and certainly a wry heavy one as a pnMic man, I leet escei'duij-ly dcmnius lo relieve vou, as far as 1 ran, from tho lander, nnd mv own fcvlmm from the severe ciumiunctiiHt llmt is within me, nn hnviti In-en, iImmicIi nciitier directly nor indirectly, your pcnniuil ncciiscr, vol ihnl 1 wni drawn directly into die representation of ait aunck upon you. "I again say, tlmt I nin most thoronnldy convinced 1I1M Voii were moil unlnilhliilly, and, therefore, unjustly Healed &t I hava never seea any evidence 10 nhslnulinie nt nil the ehnnr. 4 CAltTKH BKVLKI.Yr Now, (Mr. V. continued,) while this old charge of slander had been so fully refuted by the testimony of the very enemies of Mr. Clay, they found it revived and refuted, nut only in tho Richmond papers, ' STRONG KVIDMNCR. Tho Mechanics of the South hive shown Mr. Clat the most inirked and respectable attention, "1 cannot deny tho fact," nays an intelligent southern pponenL "thai he is 1(H) k oil nnon by our artizms as thoir honest friend." And why ? Them mechanics lo not posftcss tho pohiicnl pow(r 111 the Mouth that their brethren have iu iho 1'Veu States; they aro nut nolitir.tans; but Umy are there as well as elsewhere, keen olisorvcrs and right reasonersjnndncling upon evidence placed before thorn contrary to llie wish of tho nirty in power, and in nnpositinn to long cfltab lished prejudice, they have declared Mr. Ci.at to be tho conslnnt nnd tinmnching iricmioi American la ter in all its brunches, Wc may hnd some tangitilr proof in the address of Mr. K nt. imi mo, an honest intirneyrnnn Cabinet maker, to Mr. Cl.iy, weleominu him to Uoiumuia in behall ot tiisurethreu: tinem-nali (inzttte. In vou. sir. wo reensuizo tho constant and un- llincluns friend, not only of the mechanical arts, but it all Iho other great nnd vnried interests 01 our common country, Iu your patriotism wo have entire ennhdonce, and tor your long mid inithtul public ser vices, we owe you a debt of gratitude which wo arc anxious in sumo measure to repay, and shall (jlnry in iho opportunity of further testily ntg our approlntion of votir worth. We promise you our un livtdcd sup port, and challenge tho apprniniion oi our urcinren throughout the Union. As Cabinet Mikm we know you to be a matter trnrkm in: nud in electing you rhirf tow, wo conhdentiy expect lo sea ino oest VttUntt trork. since tho days of Washington; and tho dooiiIq will not bo obliged to pny or bo under the least necessity tnaend to France or 1-lngland, as Mr. Van Huron did, lor furniture to lurmsii tho White House, In conclusion, wo would merely nbjofvo that as it' tie is ono ol tho most e-trntial articles m otir mm nnsa, wo trust that you will use the very host, to sink last and bind forever tngother all tlm great nnd va ried intercuts of our wide spread land, nnd mnkeour country in Tnct u well as 111 name free and indcpeii- ueni. Mr. Ci.at res mi ml i'il in substance as follows; Mr. Hiirnir an; I request Jf,,u " r you mo 1 1 and the Cahiuel Mnkers ot loiuuinia, my resimctful aeknowlflireinenu tor tho si-ntunents, per soil a I to 111 ttul I, with an expresnion of which, as their organ, you havo just honored inc. Your friondlv address is not tho less gratifying, saiuti! it was wholly iimwpecled.nud has taken me entirely by surprinc. You havo pronouncod it in a fearless, and manly tone, worthy of the connection existing bolneon me nnd the mechanical clans to which you belong. Ilesidea enjoying, in common with others, the plensuro ot using the iieaumui am elea of tnte nnd convenience constructed hy theii labor and skill, mv only survivintr full brother was once a Cabinet Maker, and I think I havo remaining in Ashland some articles wtoueht by hi hands, lln I havo always felt in tho success of the Alts and Manufactures ol our own country, a lively interest much burlier, and independent of any which could nrinn out of my personal connections. 1 havo ovor thourrht it nesirnhlo to soe our country enjoying a roal and practical independence of the real ol tho world. As condiiivo to Hint object, 1 havo believed that our nrtiznns ought to bo protected, and still think they should bo protected, against the I rival productions of foreign artixans, by a system of policy moderate, reasonable, certain and stable. And, to the support nf such encouragement uf nir domestic industry, and tho fostering of our own countrymen, rather than the foreigner, the die tit tea of my judgment and tho feelings of my heart, alike unite 111 prompting my exertions, whether in pnvato or put) ho lite. Carry, sir, to your associates, and accept yourself, my fervont wishes for Ihe success, hnppinosi and prosperity of yourself and the mechanics. For the Ohio State. Journal. Tho unfounded chargo of bargain and corruption inthe election of Mr. Adams to the Presidency, it seems is to be revived, and principally relied on by tho Locofuco party, as a means of support in the pending Presidential ennvass. As I was one of thoso who bore a part in that olcction,nnd have hnd a full shire of the censure poured forth on that subject, I take the liberty of presenting the following brief review of the case. J. SLOAN K. Columbus, April SGth, 1611. JArKSON AM) HIS nilKNDS TI1R OfWIlNAl. AND (INLY I'HOI'OSKItri OF A BARGAIN IN RELATION TO T1IK l'RKSIDKNCY! In IH 2.r), tho duty of choosing a President of the United States devolved upon Congress. Jy the votes of the people, under the constitution, the choice wna required to bo mado from three persons; Messrs. Crawford, Adams, nnd Jackson. Disippuintcd in not being chosen, Jnckson raised a clamor, which lias been continued by him and his friends ever since, that Mr. Adams wns chosen hy means of a corrupt bargain between him and Clay. Rut no proof has yet been found to sustain that charge, which in regard to Jnckson tho enso is tt"0 reverse. Thnt Jack-sons friends were ready nnd anxious tn inter into such a bargain, and lhat their desires were directly countenanced by Jackson, is proven bv tho best possible testimony; unless than the declarations of the parties themselves, This evidence is contained in the published addresses of Jnckson and his friend Buchanan in r27. These addresses established tho fact that, in December JH'il, while this matter was pending, Mr. Buchanan having heard a rumor that Jackson had expressed an intention, if elected, to continue Mr, Adams as Secretary of State, was in great fear, that, unless to sumo extent this report should bo contradicted, it would injure Jucltiou's prospect of being chosen, resorted to divers means to draw from tho General such contradiction; and that finally, he waited upon hitn in person, stated his fears, nud made his remiest. Alt this Jnckson re ceived in the most kind manner, and accompanied with tho most earnest protestations, replied that ho had mado no such determination: nor wutild hu, rc- rpicsting Mr, Uuclianan in tho moan time, tn sty so to Mr. Clay and his mends, that it they had not confidence in him to helievo he would cnll to his Cabinet men of the first virtue, talents and intugri-ty, not to veto for htm. As much as to my, "Mr. (lay, I havo commissioned my very trusty friend Mr. Buchanan, to say to yen, that I am uncommitted ou the subject of Secretary of Slnte, You will understand mo when I say, that if elected I will call to my aid the most conspicuous Stntcsmeu of the country, who those men aro need not inform you." This message Mr. Buchanan says, ho delivered as requeued.Now let us ask if in this there is not proof positive of nn attempt to bargain for the Presidency? Tho fict will admit nf no doubt. Mr. Buchanan was the publicly known, persevering party and personal friend of JncIiHon, Jle wan moved to make thesu exertions nt a crisis in the all lira of his chief, not hy any sutireation made to him bv Mr. Clny or his friends, hut on nccount of the rti.nor in regard It Secretary of State, nn-i a desire to bo authorized to atisuro Air. Clny and hi friends that the rumor was mounded. And why tins intorne anxiety 011 thu part of Mr. Hm-hanm? lie tntcs distinctly, tint ho a moved by the hope that Mr. tiny it friends in tho xpectntion of his receiving tho appointment, tniyht he induced lo vote fur Jackson, and that he thus stat- 1 his expectations, to the Gcnernl. Wns thore not in tins a direct proposition for n bargain, else why (his grntuilniis uirnsige to Mr. Clny nnd his fricni's, from Jnckson. The character it tins uie.ssige is lully etitiislio I hy 1:1 iiemg di eted exclusively to the mend of Mr. Uny. II it hid been intended as a genonl denunciation of all it tempts nt negotiation, why was it not directed to ie Inonds ol Lrawlnrd nnfl Ad ami, as well a thoso f Clay? The answer is uany, tho friends of Craw ford were at that time inexorable, and those of Admin, it was believed, were sulliciently captivated by the one that their cmlnhto would he continued 111 tho itieo of Secretary of State, from which delusion, tho General Uu no desire to relievo them. Tho entiio of the fieneral was, in regard to nil, I win, you lose. Neither Adams, nor Clny, had directly or indirect ly nppronched Jacksoti 011 the subject, thny wero content to let tho on tier be decided u;ni the person al responsibility of the in lividu.il mouthers. Hut nut so with General Jnckson nnd his friends. They wero in thcnlert in scirch of aid: their intrigue, however recoiled on its concoctors. Tho device which had never filled in tho management of a horse race, wns ton shallow as an engine of Stale, Clny and his friends regarded tliM corrupt overture, as nn insult, and repelled it. This l;ud tho foundation for iho resort, which was altcrwarus had In the charge ot bargain ngninst Adams and Clay. It wns to avoid the consequences of this corrupt overture, that Jackson, like I'otopher's wife, adopted tho criminal sun- ertuge, and employed tor his tool, the miserably uc- ittei) Uronier. ilus irresponsible ninn ol si raw Ind already served a similar purpose, but with lea success, in a case involving a question of veracity between Sent tor Lowrie, President Monroe, and Gen. Jackson. The charge of bargain, then resolves itself into lids; Jackson through his friend tuchinan,did inthe most direct manner, npproich the friends ot Ldny Mlh a proposition evidently intended lo influence heir vote. 1 lie proposition wns trented as it de served to be, and then, tho authors of this vilo intrigue, in h'poa to cover themselves from tho ctmso- piences ol their 111 fa niy, resorted to thu miserable alAehood that the proposition wns undo to them hy Clay and his friends, and not from Jncknn through Iluchnnan, ai his authorized ngeut. This lalsit statement of tho matter is based on tho dinrc- Hitnhlo pretence of Jnckson, that ho coiipidered ltit :hamn as the friend of Clny, and iho bearer of a tieisnge from Clay or some of hiscond Icntial friends. These pretences aro nil upset, utterly overthrown, ry the statements in iluchmiu s address to me puu- lie. I lo states that h", "c.illnl on Jacksnn ulcly as 11s fiicnd, upon his individual responsibility, an ! not if tho agent of Mr. Clny or an? oilier person. Tint ho never had been tho friend of Mr. Clay sinco ho hoc ante a candtdnto for the Presidency." 1)1 the jo facts, Jackson wns well npunsed at the time, yot even titer the publication nl them by his mend nucha- nan, ho and his fr.endi persevere in proclaiming tho contrary to Ihc public: such a courso can be justified by no principle id honor or truth. But tho stereotyped reply to all want of testimony n their part is, that Adams appointed Clay to otlice. This was nnnfter thought; no mention of any repug nance to t'ie ai "liniment of Clay by Jackson ,wns made while thuro was a pmnrnhty that the former might ho induced tn vote for tho hitter. Had audi an objection been entertained when Jackson was ex pressing in audi pompom strains to lluchanan, his .Treat reservo and independence, ho would havo so tntod. Tho principle which he then laid down as that which would govern him, was general; it was, Mist if elected, he would cnll to his cabinet "men ot virtue, talents nud integrity." ilo mndo no exceptions, provided thesa qualities weto found to exist. And hern let us suggest an itiuuirv. Would Jack ion hivo regarded a vote given for him under the cir- uuiHlancc, as a dtiiinhlicntiuiionthepurtoi tdnyr To this every body will nimvur no, lie would havo regarded it as worthy of all praise. Why then stnll its having been given for another, bo pronounced conclusive ovidence of a corrupt bnrgniu? It wns a dosporntn auhterfnge nf a dcrorato man, and his reckless accomplices, I hey tried to drive a hnrgnin with Clny nnd his friend. Their proportion was disregarded, and to cover their disirrnce, they ru- solved to destroy thoso they failed to seduce. MARIETTA, OHIO. Tho following remarks of Mr. VVoodbridge, of Michigan, in presenting to the Sonnto on Tuesday a rernonstrnnce against tho annexation nf Texas lo the United States from citizem of Marietta, Ohio, alfords an interesting historical sketch of the settlement of that thriving little town, as wull as a view of the character of its early inhabitants : ! Mr, Woodbridgo rose and asked leave lo present to the Senile a memorial and re on nut ranee uf certain citizens of Marietta, in the Slato of Ohio, relative to the rumored project of incorporating Texas in this Union. On a subject of iogrcit magnitude, (said Mr. W.) it will be time for me to express my individual opinions, when it shall be properly before us. I will only remark now, that it is ono more I think than any other on which it is to bo desired tint tho whole country should make known its sentiments.I take occasion furthermore to say, that it was from no disrespect to the honorublo Senators from that Stato that this paper was forwarded to me, nnd not to them. Marietta was the home of my childhood; it was my residence also iu middle life. It is the burying place of my father, and the habitations nf noma of my ncircsl friends are there. The inhabitants of Marietta are entitled to my zealous services iu whatsoever circumstances in life I may be placed, and I feel favored an I honored, too, that I am permitted to serve as a medium of their communication now with you, Th re nro circumstances which, in my opinion, should give great and increased weight to any such opinions as they may express on such a nibject. It w is on the 7th of April, 1768, that this settlement was first commenced : it wns then that tho tirst stone, tho corner-stono of tho gigantic power of this grc.it Slate, was hrst laid, and it was lain by tlieo men, or hy their immediate ancestors. The colony then comistcd almost entirely of a remutnt, and a most revered remnant of your armies of the Revolution of officers and soldiers, who at the close of that seven years' term of privation, of suffering, of battles, found thonnelvcs let louso upon tho world, with their privato fortunes in general ruined, outranged almoJt from their own o.arly homes, and with occupations gone. If they were of any of the learned professions, and there wero ninny such their profession wero forgotten; and if their pursuits had been agricultural, commercial or mechanical, why they had lojt those business habits so difficult to acquire, but which aro yet so indispensable to sitcce, and such 01 tncir p iy too, as uiey may have been enabled to preserve, being old continen tal certificatej, Ind become almost worthless in their muds for all available purposes. In circumstances if such l'Iod.o. the thought occurred uf establishing themselves once more in a body in the untrodden west During many yoars they had camppd together and oaten to?cther. they had foiK'ht and ble I to gather, there was something soothing iu the plan of continuing still closer their social and friendly relations. They hid warrants which entitled them t: niihlic land imnv of them hid continental eertili cites and other evidences of claim, which would go fir lo enable them to mike the.r purcli wes. An as sociation was formed ; negotiation with the old Con tinenttl Congress and with tlio Uard ot War were cmntiipticod. and dnnni? the years 0 a pur :hno was chVcled; nud on tho an or April, as 1 nvo siid, I7drt, the first nnd principal detachment if that inlerertting corpi of emigrants landed at the Ninlluenco of the Muskingum with tho Ohio river. was directly athwart the old Indian war pith fur it was down tho Muskingum and its tributary branches that llio Wyandott, the Shawnee, the Otlawus, anJ nil tho Indian ot tho North ami ortiiwost weroae c 11 Homed M march, when from time to time, for nl ; most half a century before, they made thoso dreadful incursions into Western Virginia nnd Western Pennsylvania, which spread desolation and ruin and despair through all those regions. Being arrived there, they in irked out their embryo city, and in honor ol the friend ot their country, tho (luvcn f Franco, called it Marietta. They surrounded it with pillisadcs, nnd chevoaux-de-frire, and abittis. rh ;y erected biocK-hoiiacs nno bastion, wn an iMiiincnce a littlo above, nnd neur tlio Mudtiiigiiin, they constructed a more regular and scientific forti- hcation. Tlio did the ciLtomcni 01 mar great Stato commence; and such aro tho men, or the im mediate deiccmhnt of thojo men, who now, in a matter of deep and national interest, present their icntinients to yo'i. They nre cu'.Kled to be heard thiiir ro monstrance i short nnd respectful in its terms its tone is precisely such as i most becoming for such men and tho deMceiniants 01 suen men 10 assume; it is bold and linn! I move, sir, that tho doc-ument bo read, and then referred lo conirnil'ec ou Foreign Relation. In addition to the inf innation contained in the foregoing remarks of Mr. Woodbridgo, that gentleman Ins kindly furnished us with thu subjoined addition al particulars relative to this extraordinary to'.dur colony. Anions theso colonists wero very many of the most diiinguihcd olliccrs of the Revolution, and of all grades, lien. Kitius I'ninain nn-i wen. jkmiji-min Topper of tho Mawnchmetts lines wero thero. Gun. rnrsous uf tho Connecticut line, and lien, var-mini of Rhode Island lino wore there. Old Co'n-iiiodoro Whipple of Rhode Island, for whom the honor is claimed of firing the first hostile gun from on board a 'Congress' vessel of war, and who during tho whole war wns another "Paul Jones," and as active and daring found his grave thero as did the brother of Natli inicl (ireon. Tlm sons o the "wolf Cite her" and iho descendants of Mannsseh Culler aro there. Col. dishing nnd Col. Sprout, Col, Oliver, Col. Sargent, nnd mutlilu lea uf others, dis tingutshed alike for their bravery, for their patriot ism, and tor their skill in war were there. Some few thero are, smto very few, still alive, and whose mines I ree.ognMe. won constituted a part ol tins wonderful band of voter in soldier. The rest, one after another, havo dropped otT. Many uf tho things 1 have adverted to, I personally saw. It was perhaps the season before Wnj lie's victory on the Mi- ttui ol tho Ijakes tint 1 was hrst taken thero. 1 wns child then, but I well recollect tho regular morning reveille and the evening tattoo that helped to give character to the establishment, r.von on tho S.ibbnth tho male population wero always under arms, and, with their former army chaplain, (who was willing to share tho lot of his comrades,) were accustomed to march in bnttlo array tn their block house church. And I take this occasion to remark, that it was not until the memorahlu victory ol den. Wayne that the wars of tho revolution really ended. ! (ion. Harrison was right when ho made thnt assertion. And it is a matter, a grave and serious consid eration whether it consists with the honor nnd the true policy of this nation, that tho surviving olllcers ami soldiers who wero in the cnmpaigns ol lien. Ilarnnr, wen. SI. Clair and den. Wayne, and the widows nf such nnd their children, should bo so lit tle cared for by this Government. SINGULAR 1NSTANCK OK CANING SA-OACITY.1 witnessed recently a curious instance of wolfish generalship Un interested mo much, and which, in my humble opinion, goes fur to provo that animals are endowed, to a certain extent wi h reasoning 'n. cult ie. and havo means of coinmunicnting their ideas lo each other. I was, as usual, scanning the horizon with niy leloscopo atdty broik, to see if any game Wiis in sight. 1 had discovered a small herd of nutelnpe feeding on a hold from whenco the crop had been lately rumovod, and was about ttako tho glass from my eyo for the purpose uf reconnoitcring Iho ground when, in a rot not 0 corn jr of the held, concealed Irom tho antelope by a few intervening bushes, I faintly Wooi As yot (ho market cannot he snid lo have opened for the clip of M I but the opinion prevails that if our Whig Iriciids in Congress, can prevent tho majority from disturbing the protection a Hurtled by tho excellent Tariff uf W our farmers ill pet 1 as high for his wool as he did Inst year, and possibly, on some grades a little higher. The following tvo cut from tlio Commercial Review of tho Cincinnati tin iet le of the IHth inst. Wheeling Timn, Winn.-Tho operations continue at iit4 a Jr. per lb. fur pulled Wool nnd nt these rates between II and -I thousand pounds have changed hands during tho week. As shearing timo and the active Wool season is near at hand, it may not bo amiss to pub lish tho following word of caution, addressed by a very heavy Wool dealer in Philadelphia toa largely operating house in this cilv: 'Our Wool market has again become languid. Wool has been driven up too high and manufacturers are strongly resisting tho prices. Goods aro falling here and wo would advise for tho present to huld up from buying alto gether.' "Thk (Ir.im.KUAf ran Ohio." Within a few days pnst, nn soma discussion in Congress bout tho Rhone Island memorial, Mr. Weller and Mr. Schenck both sprang to the floor at nnco. Tito Speaker called nut tho gentleman from Ohio. Which of them, Mr. Spenkor? said Mr. HchencK To which it wns remarked by a lady present that "Bob Schenck is getting dull; for the Spoaker could nol mean to cnll Weller the gn.rman front Ohio." liscemed in the gray twilight, n p ick of six wolves, seated on their hind quarters liko dogs, and apparently in deep consultation. It appeared evident that, like myself, they wanted venison, and had some design Umjd tho antelope; and, being curious to wit ness the mudo ut proceeding adopt:d by those lour-legged poachers, I determined lo walch their motions. I accordingly dismounted, leaving my horse iuch irgo of tho sewar; and creeping as near tho scene of no tion ns I could without being discovered, concealed myself behind a bush. Having apparently decided on their plan of attack, I tho wolves separated; ono remaining stationary, and Uie other five creeping cautiously round the edge of the field, like setters drawing on a very shy covey of birds. In this manner they surrounded llie unsus pecting herd, one wolflying down at each comer of the Hold, and tho fifth creeping silently towards tho centre of it, where he concealed himself in a deep furrow. The sixth wolf, which had not yet moved, now started from his hiding-place, and made a dash at the antelope. Tho graceful creatures, confidant in matchless speed, tossed their heads, as if in dis dain, and started nlT in a succession of flying bounds that soon left their pursuer far behind, lint no sooner did they approach the edge of the field than one of tho crouching wolves started up, turned them, and chased them in contrary direction, while Ins panting accomplice lay down in his place to recover wind for a fresh burst. Agnin tho bounding herd dashed across the plain, hoping to escape on Uie opposite side; but hero they were once more headed by ono of the crafty savages, who, in his turn, took up the chose, and coursed thr m till relieved by a fresh hind from an opposite quur tn. In this manner, the persecuted animals weie driven fro n side to side, and from corner to corner, a fresh assailant heading ticm at every turn, till they appeared perfectly sttipified with fear, and crowding together like frightened sheep, began to wheel roiinl in diminishing circles. Alt this timo the wolf, wludihiv concealed in the furrow, near the ccn reel the field, had never moved, although the an'elopc had pas ind and re-passed within a tew (cct ot hi to, and Ind, perhaps, even jumped over him; his time for action hud not yet arrived. It now becniue evident tint the unfortunate antelope must soon bo tired out, when it appeared probable that tho surrounding wolves wuuld have made a combined ultack and driven ihe terrified herd toward the centre of the field, where the wolf who had hitherto been Iving tn re serve, would have sprung up in the midst of them, and secured at least one victim. I, however, did not allow m ilters to proceed so fir I was satisfied with what I had seen, and resolved to turn the tables on my friends tho wolves, by making a slight change in tho last act of tho tragedy, which was now fast ap proaching. Accordingly, just as the antelope appeared to be driven to a stand still, I put a stop to further proceedings on tho part of their ravenous ns- siilants, by sending a rifle bullet through the body of iho nearest sKumcr, who incontinently gnvo up tno ghost; and his sagacious companions seeing thnt their game was up, now tint "the man wilh the gun" had taken a hand, made precipitato retreat, leaving ine undisputed master of the field, I might ensily havo brought down an antelope with my second bar rel for the poor things appeared stupihcd with Tear but after having so far espoused their cuuso, I felt it would bo treachery on my part to avail myself of this advantage, and accordingly allowed them to de part in pence. And now, let me nsk the philosophic reader, was it mero instinct, or was it a certain power of combining ideas, and drawing inferences, that enabled a pack of wolves to pin n the combined nndwell-arranged attack I have attempted to describe? We know that tho natural instinct of tho wolf prompts theso animals to assemble in packs, and hunt down their proy, cither by scent or hy speed of l'u:)t, and, as long as this succeeds, no other expedient is icsorled to. I have no doubt that, in the first in stance, the very wolves I saw this morning, had attempted to hunt down antelopes in tho usual manner. Bntiled, however, in tho chaso, instinct wus at Mult, and tho wolf, if left solely toils blind guidance, muut, in tho absence of other game, have perished. But hunger, that proverbial sharpener uf the burn in wits, appears also to call forth certain dormant reasoning faculties in tho animal, which, under ordinary circumstances, might never have been developed. Tho wolf, finding that instinct has deceived him, refuses to bo longer guided by a blind impulse, -and begins for the first lime to think. Ho abandons tho 11 1t11r.1l habits uf his race, and iu concert with his fellow wolves, plans and executes an ingenious stratagem, worthy of the reasoning powers of man himself; a complicated inanmuvre, not only arguing considerable sagacity on the part of individuals, but implying that a mutual understanding exists among the performers, which it appears to mo can only bo accounted for on the supposition that nniinals possess some power unknown to us, of communicating their ideas to each oilier. Sec to it yo naturalislj. Indian Diary 0 an QU forest Angrr. DEATH IN Tilli TllKATRK. I have seen nud heard much of an Italian love of music, but nothing illustrating it so forcibly as an incident that occurred last evening at tho opera. In tho midst of one of the scenes, a man in the pit near the orchestra was suddenly seized with convulsions. His limbs stillencd; his eyes became set in Ins head, and stood wide open, staring nt the ceiling liko the eyes of a corpse ; while low and ngomzing groans broke from his struggling bosom. The prima donna came forward nt that moment, but seeing this livid, death-stamped lace bclore her, suddenly stopped, withatrsgic look and starl,lhat for once was perfectly natural. She turned to the bass-singer, and pointed out the frightful spectacle. Ho also started back in hurror, and the prospect was that the opera would terminate on tho spot; but the scene thnt was just opening was the one in which tho prima donna wna to make her great effort, and around which tho whole interest of tho play was gathered, and tho spectators were determined not to bo disappointed becauso ono man wns dying, and so shouted, "go ou! go oul" Clara Nuvellu gave another look towards the groaning man, whoso whole aspect wns enough to freeze tho blood, and then started off in her part. But tho dying man grew worse and woise, and finally sprung bolt upright iu his scat. A person sitting behind him all-absorbed in tho music, immediately placed his hands on his shoulders, pressed him down again, and held hitn firmly in his place. There ho sat, pinioned fast, with his pale, corpse-like face upturned, in the midst of that gay assem blage, and the foam rolling over his lips, .while tho braying of trumpets, and the Voice of tho singer, drowned tho groans that wero rending ins bosom. At length the toim became streaked with blood us it oozed through his teeth, and the convulsive starts grew quicker and fiercer, But tho man behind held him fast, while ho gazed iu perfect rapluro on tho singer, who now, liko tho ascending lark, was try ing her lolltcst strain. As it ended, tho housi rang with applause, and tho man who had held down tho poor dying creature could contain his ocstocy no longer, and lifting his hands from his shoulders, clapped them rapidly together three or four times, crying out over tho ears of tho dying man, "Brava, bra-va!" and then hurriedly placing them back again to prevent his springing up, in his convulsito throes) It was a perfectly innddenning spectacle, and the music jarred on the chords of my heart liko tho blows ol a hammer. But iho song was ended, the e fleet secured, and so the spectators could attend to the sufferer in their midst. Tho gens d 'urines entered, and carried him speechless and lifeless out of tho theatre. If this be tho reft nod nntnro, and sen-islive soul, love of music creates, Heaven keep mo from it, and my countrymen, (live mo a heart, with chords that vibrate to humnn sulfcring, sooner than to the most ravishing melody, aye, that can hear nothing and feel nothing else, when moving pity speaks. But so tho world goes men will weep over a dying ass, then pitch a brother into the ditch. A piny, oh, how tlioy can appreciate, and feel it, they are so sen sitive! but astern, stirring fact, they can look as coldly on as a statue ! IhniUnfs fatten from Italy, TRIMMING TRKKS. The proper sen son for this operation lias been n subject of much discussion. Formerly the fashion was rattier general tn trim 111 winter when tlio sap was said to bo down 111 tho roots of tho tree. Or nt least as early as March before tho buds began to swell. But many good orchardists now doubt tho propriety of trimming at this season; and Judge Uuell, of Albany, is decidedly of tho opinion with thoso foreigners who recommend for this business tho season between tho first and second growth of iho trco. that is, some time in tho latter part of June or the first ol July. tltcttiivc Trimming, It is now generally agreed that 110 largo limbs should bo cut on", but that a lit-tlo trimming of the small twigs nnnually, such as interfere wilh each other, many bo taken otf to good advantage and wilt prove sufficient. It has indeed been contended thnt trees should never bo trimmed, that nature gave them no more than sho intended ihey should keep and that by robbing tho trco of its natural branches, wo inflict on it an irrepnrahlo injury. Tins doctrine may lead us too far. If wo must not curtail tho works of nature, wo must suffer our nails tn grow out But tho question is asked, why hive trees limbs and leaves given them in excess? Tho true answer may be, that nature intended there should be, iu general, an abundance, mi that the treo might bo provided against casual il ice. Tho insects must bo provided for, and would Ih? in want of their portion ol lounge, and if tho inferior animnisuin nni lake from it their cuMoumry supply, it was then tho duly of man to act as regulator and Intake from tho tree much as it sometimes loses in tho natural courso of events. draft being all that is wanting, These balls of Wrougfit Iron can be made at a good profit (if tho furnace is built near the mines of mineral and coal) ior lounun uotlara per ion. The immense advantages of this plan to the country at largo cannot be computed : in the single article of Railroad Iron, it will be a saving of millions of dollars to the United States; for, by statistical tables, we have already sent to England for that ap--tide alone, tho sum of thirty-two millions of dollars. We hope, therefore, to sec many of our old Rolling-Mills, that are now lying idle throughout the country, in active operation, manufacturing this article : that machinery which is capable of rolling out Boiler Plate-Iron, being sufficiently strong and efficient lor all the purposes of Railroad Iron, The inventor informs us that, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, forty tons of Railroad Iron can be manufactured every twenty-four hours. From Mr. (lleig'i Novel, "The Light Drsgnnn.'' DEATH OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER. There was ono man in particular, who died so no bly, that I fuel mvself bound, as an act of justice to his memory, to speak of him. His name waa Wilson. In temper and disposition he was tho quietest and most inoffensive creature in the troop, who never had a cross word with any one, or ever, as far as L could perceive, was but even slightly out of his way. INothing could induce wuson 10 loose m luinimr nothing put him in a hurry; whatever he did was dono as if tho doer was a piece of clock-work, and the matter to bo arranged something which could nut possibly miscarry. Wilson was, besides, remarkably sober: ho never drank even his allowance to an enci: uui 11 nc uiu noi units iibbibwiuib vora city winch I have seldom seen equalled. Bread was 'in Invonto food ; and before his single pair 01 jaws whole loaves would disappear, as often as he succee ded in laying hands upon them. Hut Wilson's career, both fighting and eating, was destined this day to cud ; and he fell thus: 1 saw turn engaged hand to hand with a rrench dragoon: I saw him for I was by this time disabled by a severe wound, and stretched at length beside others of my suffering comrades give and receivo more than one pass, with equal skill and courage Just then a French officer, stooping over the body of his wounded countrymen, who dropped at the instant on Ins horse's neck delivered a thrust at poor Harry . Wilson's body, and delivered ltettcctually. ihrmiy believe that Wilson died on the instant : yet, thougn hu felt the sword in its progress, ho, with characteristic self-command, kept his ee still on the enemy in his front; and raising in his stirrups, let fall on the Frenchman's helmet such a blow, that brass and skul I parted before it, and iho man's head was cloven a-suiider tip tho chin. It was the most tremendous blow I over saw struck ; and both he who gave, and his opponent who received, dropped dead logetner. The brass holmct was afterwards examined hy order of the French olliccr, who, as well as myself, was astonished at tho exploit; and tho cut was found Ut bo ns clean as if the sword had gone through a turnip not so much as a dent being left on either side of it. OUT AT LAST. Our readers may recollect, that a freo trade paper, so culled, was lately commenced in New York, of which UulTGrccu was the Editor. It was then charged, tlmt the money lo establish the paper came from England, which chargo waa denied by tho British loco toco editors. It now apitcars, by the report of the trial, that a man of Ihe iiaine of Hasty brought tiuitogninsl Dufftireen, for arrearages of wages, as .a reporter ol the Republic, which was the name ot said free trade British paper. In tho testimony ou this suit, given by Henry Wickoli; an Englishman who claims to be the proprietor of the said newspaper, ho Buys: 'I furnished funds for Gen. Green to establish a paper which was to be began on the JWd February; thero was a contract between us as to funds, in writing; I nrn not responsible for tho payment of any body employed in tho establishment previous to February iWd.IriU Cross exnmined The conversation with General Green was in LONDON, and witnessed by John Wilkes, a resident of that city, there was some such proposition made as to commencing the newspaper by the issue of a specimen number, by General Green to mc; nothing very decided on that point, that 1 recollect; took no measures for getting up such, thnt 1 remember; I found a "weekly" published at the office when I arrived; 1 do not know when it was commenced.Witness being shown a paper by defence, iworo to its being signed by hitn. It was tho original contract between witness and defendent. 1 drew a bill on my agent in Philadelphia for 'HX), it wns cashed by tho Baring by cheque on their Bankers, and 1 lent 0110 half of it to Mr. Green at the time. Do not remember thu payer's name. This was in the close of November last, in London. Did not go to Paris, with reference to arrangements for eitab- ishing ihe paper, none whatever and made no ar rangements as to tho 'Republic Whilst thero, arranged a Paris correspondence for the 'Republic' Mr. Green left London on Saturday, Hd December last. I gave Mr. Green an order tor three bonds to tho amount of IJtHlO. I then expected to bo here on or soon nftor the &Jd of r obruary. This money wna ilvanccd tor the establishment ot Uie "llcpobuc" newspaper," 1 ho original charge, tlmt said anti-tanlt British newspaper, was set on toot with English money .seems now to bo fully established. This must have been part of the four hundred thousand pounds sterling that havo been subscribed in England, for the dissemination of British anti-tariff doctrines in this country. Stcu het ville Herald HIGH SANCTIONS. As the Whig party have incurred many hard names, such as Federalist, Aristocrat, &c, by their advocacy of a United tilatea Bank, it may bo as well to record a fact in reference to thnt subject which ins been brought to our notice hy Ihe remarks ot Mt, usrrctl I'avis, ol Kentucky, at tno recent Whig mooting in New York in honor of Mr. Clay's birth day. Mr. D. stated that of the thirty seven delegates Important Imi'hovkmktit in thr Maniti-acturk nr Iron. -A discovery has lately been made by Mr, Simeon Brondinendow, ot Now lurk, 111 tho manufacture of Iron, by means of which tho Iron Oro is by only ono process converted into Wrought Iron, without being first made into Pig Iron, ana at a lent expense than the Pig Iron can bo made. The Iron Oro is placed uimn the floor of a rover- bcrlory furnace, the flume of the tire passing over it ; when a chemical compound is used lo unite thu elements of tho Iron by separating (he uf entirely from it. By thia first, only ojwratiun, the Wrought Iron comes out as perfect in every respect as that by Ihe double operation of pwUtinir and piling Pig Iron, and, for tlio purpose of ninnutacturinff IS tec I, even surpasses it. By this process, Wrought lion of iho best quality can be produced at a cost nut exceed- ing(infy,ir dollars ana a any per ton. To make tho Iron Ore into balls of Wrought Iron, will require no blast, nor machinery of any kind ; tho nnthmrito or bituminous coals being used with equal advantage in a common air-furnace, a good who signed tho Declaration of Independence, thirty two of them, together with General Washington, supported tho establishment of a United States Bank. Wo arc aware that this piece of history will be considered a matter nf little consequence by Locofoco politicians who are imbued with the spirit of "progressive Democracy," but trust that it will not be without its weight with Uie honest and patriotic who constitute tho great body of tho party. Lot tins fact bo circulated through the country, and wo cannot well conceive how demagogues will be able to summon tho effrontery to denounce as enemies of the ilenple those who aro endeavoring to reatore the institutions of their forefathers. But a new maxim of Lncofocoism has recently been proclaimed, which declares that "Democracy is progressive," and that the Democrat of Mr. Madison's times is no Democrat nets, unlis he has dis carded his old opinions and prejudices, and adopted the new lights ot the modern school. J ha reader will recollect that this "progression" has been given to the "Democracy" by the notorious Fanny Wright, whose principles liavo carried her so far beyond Ihe vtilgur prejudices of tho ngo that she has been ablo to discover the Bible to be a pack nf fables, and tho institution of marriage a ridiculous stale of voluntary bondage. Whiff StamLtrtL Monrn Democracy; As a specimen of what modern democracy is, let 110 cite the real democrat to a fact, which is but one among many of a similar character. Charles J. Ingertoll Is among tho most prominent and noisy supporters of Mr. Van Huron ho is a member of Con grow from Pennsylvania. The following is an extract from a letter writ ter. by him on tho 7th of June, 1H07, and acnl to John Bums, Esq. Read it : 'l endeavor to molest no bodv with mv political sentiments: though I disdain to disguise them however, heretical they may seem at this time of iho tide. It I had been m 1x1 ble of rtffect ton. when th Imericiin Colonies took uo mrmt against the moJArr rounfry, thould hm been trhat is termed a Tory, nor can l const dfr raw irn aptwimmn oj mirwica. . (Nigned) UiAiU-r.w J. !NUf.K!SMj, June 7th. 1H07 l&i Chcsnul .Street. Pi ri.ic Pkbt or Pennsylvania. The Legislature of Pennsylvania has voted to adjourn on the Ulith 1 nil. but not ao aro happy to sec, until something has been dono fur the redemption of the honor of the Stato. bv tho payment of her public debt A Harnsburg corrospondeut of the Philadelphia Amer ican says that tho Three At ill lax has received the assent of the i loose, by Uie very dociaive majority of filty-six to thirty. Tho news caused an instant rise in Slate Fives, and there wcresaleswitliinatew minutes alter tho opening of tho mail, at tN4. If the Senate will do as the 1 louse hnvelone, the honor of Pennsylvania has been redeemed. Mr. Mfrrick atatod in tho Sennle last week, that tho paying letters which passed through ihe post office last year, amounted to 4,(K)0,tKK); of winch number, 17,lKK,lXH) passed over a distance of low than U50 miles.